For the first time, scientists have been able to "see' another planet outside the solar system. On the night of November 7, the shadow of a planet was observed directly in front of a distant star

A team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, has successfully recreated the conditions inside the planets Neptune and Uranus. They managed to squeeze a tiny sample of methane to

The Chandra space observatory, launched last month by the US National Aeronautical and Space Administration, has already started transmitting images. It has sent images of the heart of the Crab

Two groups of scientists have claimed there is proof of a tenth planet in the solar system. Astrophysicists are sceptical

Two varying estimates of the Hubble constant mean that we are no closer to establishing the age of the universe

Studies have estimated that the present landscape of Mars was created about two billion years ago and little further processing has occurred. Researchers have now identified an impact-produced crater

Astronomers discover a tiny moon

in an ambitious revival of exploration of Mars, two us spacecraft have approached the planet. One spacecraft has studied the atmosphere,

Almost 8 per cent of the stars in the universe have literally gobbled up planets

Jupiter s Great Red spot resembles a lopsided wedding cake, say experts