Space

Messier 5 in Serpens Caput is a dynamic and beautiful globular cluster that can easily be spotted through a pair of binoculars and fruitfully observed through even a moderate-sized telescope.

The first launch of the Orbex Prime ‘eco-rocket’ from a remote launch pad in the Highlands of Scotland is expected at the end of the year or in early 2023. A full-scale prototype of Prime, billed as the world’s most environmentally-friendly rocket, was unveiled to the public for the first time this […]

For the first time in history, researchers have used a small sample of lunar regolith to sprout seeds. The results can tell us much about feeding humanity throughout the solar system.

These finds could shed light on how supermassive black holes form in galaxies like our Milky Way.

A free Virtual Telescope Project webcast will stream live views of the potential meteor storm from the tau Herculids meteor shower overnight on May 30-31.

NASA plans to haul its huge Space Launch System moon rocket back to the launch pad June 5-6 for a fourth attempt to load it with 730,000 gallons of supercold propellants in a dress-rehearsal countdown to clear the way for a maiden test flight later this summer, officials said Friday.

A navigation system glitch on NASA’s MAVEN orbiter at Mars earlier this year has hobbled science.

Richard Deighton reviews a compact, high-performance, multi-purpose mount that comes in all the colours of the rainbow.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft parachuted to a “picture perfect” landing in southern New Mexico Wednesday, capping a six-day test flight to the International Space Station that NASA’s commercial crew program manager said paves the way for the next Starliner mission to carry astronauts.

The third-largest constellation in the sky, Ursa Major, contains seven Messier objects. Five are galaxies. The least observed of these — based on the number of books and articles featuring it — is M109, also known as NGC 3992. Messier’s original catalog topped out at 103, but today, astronomers recognize […]