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Scientists aiming to build a lunar GPS are trying to create a new lunar 'time zone' that's standardized with Earth time.

The astonishing scene played out over an 11th Century Corfe Castle, U.K., overnight on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13.

A European spacecraft is about to zip by both Earth and the Moon in the space of 24 hours. In the early 2030s, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission will be the first European probe to orbit Jupiter. But first, it needs to carry out a key manoeuvre to…

The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of the commercial space industry. Rival nations are competing for prime military and economic positions beyond the Earth. Public and private entities are clamoring to mine the Moon, and a growing halo of space junk is polluting low Earth orbit.

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Relatively rare lunar phenomenon of a blue moon combined with supermoon will occur in full for three days

With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the wor

Archaeology sites buried under the earth are vulnerable to climate change and urban sprawl. Satellites might be able to help monitor the impact of these issues, a study suggests.

Using fossil evidence and genetic dating, geneticists and paleontologists have backed strikingly different candidates for the world's first animal.