The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft completed a risky mission to scoop up dust from an asteroid 200 miles away.

Nasa spacecraft collects cosmic dust from potentially hazardous asteroid

The Red Planet will be in ‘opposition’ at around 1am on Wednesday, providing the perfect chance to see it with your own eyes.

Mars to be at its 'biggest and brightest' as it aligns with Earth

Experts say the discovery is not robust evidence for microbial life, and it only suggests potentially unknown geological or chemical processes.

Signs of potential alien life on Venus detected

The wave was created when two black holes, 17 billion light years away, collided.

Unique black hole blast sends biggest ever energy wave to Earth

The Perseid meteor shower will be visible in the UK from about midnight until 5.30am on Thursday.

How to see the Perseid meteor shower in the UK

This image provided by NASA shows the planet Mars 

There are three missions to Mars in July alone, including one from space newbie the United Arab Emirates which launched the first ever interplanetary probe by an Arab nation.

Race to the red planet gets underway as UAE Mars launch lifts off

However, the average distance to these civilizations would be 17,000 light-years.

Milky Way could be home to 36 intelligent alien civilisations

The pair began their journey on SpaceX’s the Crew Dragon capsule on Saturday evening.

Nasa astronauts arrive at space station after 19-hour journey

The flower moon will appear bigger and brighter on Thursday.

Final supermoon of 2020 set to grace skies over UK

The Starlink satellites will be passing over the UK again this evening, moving across the sky from west to east, for most. 

Starlink satellites to pass over UK again tonight - here's how you can see them

Experts believe the newly discovered record-breaking eruption came from a black hole in a galaxy 390 million light years away from earth.

Biggest ever black hole explosion spotted by scientists

The news was confirmed by the space agency in a tweet on Monday afternoon.

Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician who helped put man on Moon dies

Google has released a collection of images which it believes represent the 1,000 most stunning landscapes on planet Earth.

Google Earth View: 1,000 stunning new images of planet released

Astronomers believe the signals come from an area of space billions of light-years away. 

Scientists investigating mystery radio signals from a galaxy far, far away

The information will be used by scientists to provide more information about the Sun and its impact on our planet.

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