Space

Astronomers have determined that stars in a faraway galaxy formed just 250 million years after the Big Bang, shedding light on the early universe.

Latest

The results from Jupiter's moon show that old data from long-gone spacecraft hold a lot of secrets we haven't yet uncovered.

The fastest-growing black hole known in the universe has an appetite so big it devours a mass equivalent to the sun every two days.

Senator Michaelia Cash said the agency would be based in Canberra for at least the first six months.

Comic book writers love multiverses. It’s such an easy way to explain continuity problems; just say it happened in a different universe and move on.

NASA's next Mars mission will carry a vehicle with a new approach for planetary exploration.

Perth-based planetary scientist Katarina Miljkovic is playing a big role in NASA's Mars InSight mission.

The humanoid robot's tour of duty at the International Space Station has been interrupted by the need for circuitry work.

Mars InSight is the first NASA mission to study the red planet's interior - or "the vital signs of Mars".

More than 200 believers have attended Britain's first Flat Earth Convention, held in a three-star hotel in Birmingham.

The European Space Agency has released the first image taken by its Trace Gas Orbiter showing the ice-covered edge of the Korolev Crater.