In a few decades, we might actually witness the first hibernated astronauts returning home from Mars.

Terraforming is the theoretical process of modifying a planet to make it habitable for humans, and in recent years, there has been much discussion about terraforming Mars.

People think of space as vast and empty. However, junk is filling up the near-Earth environment and recently, some of that junk has even made its way back.

In May 2023, astronomers shared the news that they had witnessed a star swallowing a planet and this first-of-its kind observation offered the first direct glimpse of a gnarly process called ‘planetary engulfment’ - a fate that most likely awaits our Earth in the far future.

Scientists have not seen the ninth planet. However, they have inferred its existence by its gravitational effects on other objects in the Kuiper Belt. This vast region at the fringe of the solar system beyond Neptune is believed to contain hundreds of thousands of icy rocks left over from the birth of the solar system. Pluto is the best-known and the largest of the known Kuiper Belt objects which all have highly elliptical or oval orbits that align in the same direction.

The two Voyager probes were initially designed to last five years with the primary mission to study and explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, a goal the longest-operating spacecraft in history achieved decades ago.

2024 might be one of the best years to see the northern and southern lights. But why is this the case? Where can you see the auroras?

Six exoplanets orbit a star around 100 light-years away in perfect synchrony

The James Webb Space Telescope (short: JWST or Webb) is NASA's newest infrared observatory that will continue the work of the legendary, but aged, Hubble Space Telescope. But how does it work and how did they get it into space?

How do Quantum Computers work?