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Move over Paddington and Winnie the Pooh. Scientists found a formation resembling the face of a grizzly mammal. Here's why humans have a knack for seeing faces in objects.

Scientists say Machholz 1 has origins in another solar system

A bizarre flying spiral was spotted in the sky by the Mauna Kea Observatory, which is based in Hawaii, US, on January 18 which may be down to Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was last visible during the stone age so if you miss it this time you’re unlikely to get another chance

In December 1972, Nasa’s final Apollo mission (Apollo 17) took the iconic “Blue Marble” photo of the whole Earth. Many, including science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, had expected that the sight of Earth from afar would instil the belief that mankind’s future lay in space.

Stargazers are finding it ever more difficult to see into space due to the vast number of satellites that are now orbiting the Earth and it is expected to get far worse, astronomers have said

A green comet named Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), is seen journeying tens of millions of miles (km) away from Earth.

Despite being delayed for a year, NASA is now set to launch the Psyche space programme to an asteroid that is so valuable it's worth about 70,000 times the entire global economy

We know the world must move to cleaner energy sources to head off the worst effects of climate change, but the technology required for the transition is very mineral-intensive. So where will all these resources come from?