A meteorite strike during the moon eclipse!

Check it out. You can see the flash of a meteorite that struck the moon during Sunday night's total eclipse. Photos and video here.

Moon craters reveal Earth’s history

Most scientists believe the moon and Earth have been bombarded by meteorites at a constant rate for the past few billion years. New research suggests that - in the past 300 million years - it's been happening 2 to 3 times more frequently.

Saturn hasn’t always had rings

New findings suggest that Saturn's rings formed only 10 to 100 million years ago, during the earthly age of the dinosaurs.

Mystery orbits don’t require a Planet 9, researchers say

Here's an alternative explanation to the Planet 9 hypothesis, the idea that a large undiscovered planet in the outer solar system is pulling on some small outer worlds, distorting their orbits.

Plants sprout – and die – on moon

For the 1st time ever, plants were sprouted on the moon - but didn't survive long - as part of a biosphere experiment on China's Chang'e-4 lander.

Double star flips planet-forming disk into pole position

Our sun's planets orbit in a plane extending from the sun's equator. Astronomers have found a double-star system whose planet-forming disk has flipped up - perpendicular to what we'd expect - over the poles. What would nature be like on one of these worlds?

Giant streaks discovered in Venus’ atmosphere

New observations of Venus' atmosphere by the Japanese orbiter Akatsuki - combined with supercomputer simulations - have revealed giant symmetrical streaks never seen before.

Video: 15 years of Mars images

ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft began sending back images from its orbit around Mars in January 2004. Take 5 minutes to see some of the coolest images of the mission so far.

Here’s how Titan looks in infrared

Saturn’s largest moon Titan is enveloped in a thick atmosphere, but the infrared camera on the Cassini spacecraft was able to reveal the moon’s myriad of surface features.

Rotating black holes as portals for hyperspace travel

One of the most cherished science fiction scenarios is using a black hole as a portal to another dimension or time or universe. Is it possible? Maybe. But choose carefully. All black holes are not created equal.

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