Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to ...

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The spacecraft that has quietly rewritten our understanding of Mars just crossed a very visible milestone: the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured its 100,000th close-up view of the Red Planet.

That ethos continued in 1993, when Damon and Deanne Howes headed into the wilds of south-western Tasmania (Issue 36, Oct–Dec ...

Social media users shared a cosmic claim about an alleged secret NASA document named "Project Anchor" leaking online in 2024.

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that NASA Earth Science Communications has directed The Earth Observer to conduct an ...

A Mars-size object called Theia smashed into Earth, and the debris coalesced into the moon. Now scientists believe they may have identified pieces of Theia at the bottom of Earth’s mantle. A new study ...

An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Earth isn’t a perfect sphere. The rotation of our planet causes it to bulge ever ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre lemon-shaped exoplanet orbiting a dense, rapidly spinning dead star. But those details are perhaps the least weird thing about it. Using the James Webb Space ...

At 41 and heading toward perimenopause, I’m exploring how being childfree by choice can hold both deep certainty and moments ...

Scream actress Willa Fitzgerald turned up to the 2024 Critics Choice Awards in a dress that made us gasp out loud. The dress ...

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