On spring mornings, from either hemisphere, you can't easily see Mercury. Peter Lowenstein in Mutare, Zimbabwe - 19 degrees south latitude, where it's autumn now - shares this month's excellent Southern Hemisphere view of Mercury, as the old moon swept past.

On Monday, scientists announced new evidence suggesting water vapor plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa. Could we send a spacecraft through one, to test whether Europa's liquid ocean - buried below its icy crust - might support life?

New research shows that life might be common throughout the multiverse ... if there is a multiverse.

Astrophysicists found 12 possible black holes near the supermassive black hole at our Milky Way's heart. They could be the 1st known members of a black hole swarm.

At a meeting of experts in London last week, citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran wowed the audience with this new composite, plus a new dazzling animation, of the giant planet Jupiter.

Fly over Mars' Neukum Crater, in this video based on images taken by ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft.

In the darkness of the distant universe, galaxies resemble glowing fireflies, flickering candles, or sparks floating up from a bonfire.

ESA considers a high-energy survey of the early universe, an infrared observatory to study the formation of stars, planets and galaxies, and a Venus orbiter.

Those were the words of astrophotographer Yuri Beletsky, who captured this image on May 10 from Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

There's a false notion that female birdsong is rare in comparison to male birdsong. But lady birds sing, too. You can participate in a new project that aims to collect more recordings of female birds.