John Casani, who has died aged 92, was an American spaceflight engineer who led the teams that pioneered Nasa’s explorations ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the red planet seemed to be ready to give up some of its mystery. Astronomers ...

What NASA's Galileo Spacecraft Saw As It Plunged Into Jupiter "Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere ...

The pontiff was accompanied by astronomers and students participating in the traditional summer school organized by the ...

PASADENA, Calif. NASA plans to crash its $1.5 billion Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter next weekend to make sure it doesn't accidentally contaminate the red planet's ice-covered moon Europa with ...

Start exploring the night sky with our top picks for beginner-friendly telescopes. Tested for clarity, ease of use and build quality, these are our favorite models to learn astronomy.

On July 21, 1961, NASA astronaut Gus Grissom completed the second successful human spaceflight mission for the United States of America.

The country's plans span the moon, near-Earth asteroids, comets, obtaining the first-ever samples from Mars and a mission to the Jupiter system in the next few years, according to top Chinese ...

The face of the moon : Galileo to Apollo : an exhibition of rare books and maps, October 13, 1989 - February 28, 1990 / exhibition catalog by William B. Ashworth, Jr ...

Formscan - HIGH DEGREE can make it third-time lucky in this maiden for the powerful William Haggas stable. Second on debut at Nottingham before showing some improvement last time when filling the same ...

This grey Frankel filly also has an entry in the Irish Oaks and her two-year-old form obviously reads very well, finishing second on two occasions to Irish 1,000 guineas heroine Lake Victoria. Joseph ...