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Scientists discovered when and where the Martian meteorite landed by examining a chemical substance called vomitoxin which infects crops and can make humans and pigs ill

UNIVERSITY scientists have developed a system which could help astronomers find Earth-like planets – and it is powered by a laser similar to those…

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have developed the new system – powered by a laser similar to the laser pointers sold in shops.

Astronomers finally caught asteroid Didymos blocking starlight.

Astronomers have unearthed a huge gas giant planet with the density of a marshmallow, which is encircling a cool red dwarf star situated 580 light-years from Earth

Administrator Bill Nelson previously announced the agency would look into reports of strange aerial phenomena. Now, the agency has announced its team.

The study of exoplanets, worlds which orbit stars other than our sun, is currently being transformed by the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We will shortly gain our first insight into conditions on rocky, potentially Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. One of these distant worlds might host life.…

Skygazers are set for some celestial fireworks

If an alien were to look at Earth, many human technologies – from cell towers to fluorescent light bulbs – could be a beacon signifying the presence of life.

The Orionids meteor shower could be visible above Edinburgh and the Lothians tonight as debris left from Halley's Comet will pass Earth at a speed of 148,000 mph.

At its peak, up to 25 meteors will be visible per hour.