This animation of the Earth-Moon system was made available by the BBC. The animation was produced by NASA. This has to be seen by as many pe...

We take an unusual look at our nearest neighbour in the Solar System, the Moon. Watch it rise, with some unanticipated activity in the foreg...

The universe, Part 4 < In the beginning |  Series index | Penzias, Wilson and some noise > The universe grows larger, cooler and mor...

The Mercury Messenger probe is intended to make a long burn to decelerate into Mercury orbit tomorrow (Thursday 17th March). If successful t...

Not that long ago (pre 1994) we only knew of nine planets, and one of those has been demoted to dwarf planet status. Today we know of nearly...

We all know what happens when two objects collide, don't we? It depends on the speed of collision and the nature of the objects. Two bal...

The heavily corroded remains of an intricate and strange looking mechanism were found in 1901 in a Mediterranean shipwreck. Sixty years late...

What, you may ask, is ' Fomalhaut b '? If you are interested in astronomy you will already know. Fomalhaut b is a planet circling on...

Some spacecraft have trajectories that are slightly unexpected. Something has speeded them up or slowed them down - but what? Current metho...

NASA has done something amazing. One of their spacecraft has made a movie of the Moon passing in front of the Earth as it orbits our plan...

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This is an amazing image for a variety of reasons. What is it? Could it be a pulsating jellyfish from deep in the ocean? An iridescent soap...

Science, art, music, poetry, and every human endeavour can illuminate the truth about the Almighty, even when that was not the original inte...