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A shrieking skull, a cackling witch, a ghostly hand and other cosmic illusions haunt our skies. Which do you think is the spookiest object in the universe?

Astronauts and scientists collaborate to trial the Handheld Universal Lunar Camera (HULC) in lunar-like landscapes of Spain.

The mission would see UK astronauts launched into space, spending up to two weeks in orbit

Tim Peake talks to Yolanthe Fawehinmi about the future of space exploration and what life is really like for an astronaut.

Quartz, also known as silica, is everywhere. This mineral is in the screen of the laptop or phone you’re reading this article on. It’s used to make computer chips, which are in everything from medical equipment to washing machines. It can be melted to produce glass.

Wildlife advocacy groups stress ‘permanent’ consequences of failing to address biodiversity and climate

Euclid's mission is to explore the dark universe, but an error resulted in a beautiful image of lassos across the stars.

This year, the Hubble Space Telescope found an ephemeral blue blast in the strangest of places, leaving astronomers puzzled.

The new entities, nicknamed ‘JuMBOs’, are neither stars nor planets. And they shouldn’t exist, researchers say.

Jupiter-mass binary objects floating freely in Orion Nebula appear to defy usual definition of planets

Around 15 years ago, I was on a European Space Agency (Esa) committee, looking at Esa’s strategy for proposed forthcoming space missions. Under consideration was a mission to an asteroid. Over dinner, one of the committee members, an astrophysicist, quizzed me on why we needed to visit one of these…