Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

Germany-based Isar Aerospace attempted to launch the first orbital rocket from European soil on Sunday morning (March 30).

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Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be ...

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Last year, astronomers detected the near-earth asteroid (NEA ... "It is a potentially hazardous asteroid that may still hit the moon in 2032, and even if it doesn't, it could certainly become ...

Scientific experts have been looking into whether the Earth’s first continent was formed by meteor strikes for some ... This area was hit by a meteorite 19 to 42 miles across around 2.2billion ...