Early on Saturday, January 20 2024, Japan hopes to become the fifth country to successfully land a probe on the Moon. To…
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South African astronomy started an important journey two decades ago, when an initiative to attract and train future scientists in…
Over ten years ago, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) began mapping the universe to find evidence that could help us understand the…
What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years. For the past quarter of…
Two commercial spacecraft are scheduled to launch to the Moon early in 2024 under a NASA initiative called the Commercial…
The year 2023 proved to be an important one for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an…
There are few things more peaceful and relaxing than a night under the stars. Through the holidays, many people head away…
Locals watched in awe as a fireball exploded and hundreds of meteorite fragments rained down on the city of Tatahouine,…
Black holes are dense astronomical objects with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Anything that crosses the…
The two small moons of Mars, Phobos (about 22km in diameter) and Deimos (about 13km in diameter), have been puzzling scientists for decades, with…