A large space rock will be temporarily captured by Earth’s gravity throughout October and November.

NASA’s DART was the first time we tried planetary defence – attempting to redirect an asteroid. The data from this landmark mission is still yielding new insights today.

Vast amounts of space rocks litter our Solar System, and sometimes land on Earth’s surface. There are many things we can learn from them.

China’s Change'6 is going to explore the Moon’s far side and bring back precious lunar soil for scientists to study.

The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks each year in early May, but this year it should be particularly good, thanks to dark skies and extra activity.

Textbooks often show Earth’s orbit around the Sun as an almost egg-shaped ellipse. The real story is very different.

The largest study yet of ‘twin stars’ shows planetary orbits may be less stable than we thought.

Mars has been a popular destination since space exploration began – and there are plenty of people who’d love to go there.

Sixty years ago, philosopher Hannah Arendt argued an interplanetary perspective may be bad news for humanity as we know it.

Viral headlines would have you think Saturn’s rings will vanish in just 18 months. Here’s what that really means and why you don’t need to worry.

A distant lump of space rock may have a surprising amount in common with the core of our own planet.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has delivered pieces of asteroid Bennu, which scientists hope will offer a window into the early era of the Solar System billions of years ago.

There’s a chance Nishimura might brighten unexpectedly – but it’s a slim one.

A new study of the meteorite Erg Chech 002 makes it one of the most precisely dated space objects and changes our understanding of how elements were spread around the cloud of dust that formed the Sun and planets.

The Voyager 2 spacecraft is 20 billion kilometres away and has lost track of Earth. A radio dish near Canberra is the only channel for re-establishing communication.