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A member of the Northern Ireland Amateur Astronomy Society captured the images as the planet is at its closet to Earth for 59 years

Methane leakage is likely to be biggest burst of the potent gas on record in one of the most polluted bodies of water.

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos as part of a test to see if humans can successfully deflect space rocks from potentially dangerous trajectories. A toaster-sized microsatellite called LICIACube was on hand to capture images of the collision and collect rock and dust thrown…

In 2020, China’s Chang'e 5 mission sampled more than a kilogram of Moon rock and soil and brought it back to Earth. The samples contain countless tiny beads of glass, created when asteroids hit the Moon and splashed out droplets of molten rock around the impact site.

Some of the world’s most significant fossil discoveries have come from China. These include amazing feathered dinosaurs, the earliest modern mammals, and some of the oldest-known animals on Earth.

The Juno spacecraft will get the most detailed snapshots yet of Jupiter's moon Europa as it flies by tonight. And you can help process the images.

The research found that major impact events on Earth did not happen in isolation, but were accompanied by a series of smaller impacts.

Lovingly gifted from her grandmother, it's the most valuable brooch in the world - the rare diamonds have a fascinating history as they were formed over one billion years ago, predating any life on planet Earth

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Lunar eclipses occur when Earth blocks the sun and casts a shadow over the surface of the moon. We explore the different types of lunar eclipses here.