Those in the Australian outback and parts of the Pacific Ocean will be able to view an annular solar eclipse. Elsewhere ... a partial eclipse.

These river stones might be fragments of the meteor that exploded over Russia on June 30, 1908.

The sun produced a strong solar flare on May 3, 2013. No ill effects on or near Earth are expected, but it did produce some beautiful images.

A shockingly, eye-wateringly bright gamma ray burst from a galaxy 3.6 billion light-years away.

Undergraduate student shows how planet's magnetosphere changes with the seasons.

The Danish 1.54-metre telescope has captured a striking image of NGC 6559, an object that showcases the anarchy that reigns when stars form inside an interstellar cloud.

NASA is inviting the public to submit their names and a personal message for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere.

NASA scientists don't often learn that their spacecraft is at risk of crashing into another satellite. However, Fermi was just one week away from an unusually close encounter with Cosmos 1805, a defunct spy satellite dating back to the Cold War.

New research has revealed how Saturn keeps itself looking young and hot while other planets become darker and cooler as they age.

Astronomers have for the first time identified discrete sources that account for nearly all the radio waves coming from distant galaxies.