BigPicture began in 2014 and has received more than 64,000 images from photographers around the world since launching. The ...

Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

Astronomers have achieved a first in exoplanet hunting by using the Hubble Space Telescope images to investigate a mysterious ...

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

Space exploration expands our knowledge of the cosmos, from planetary geology to the potential for life elsewhere ...

This is a documentary photo story curated by AP photo editors. In 2015, more than 1 million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe — the majority by sea, landing in ...

The Proba-3 mission, consisting of two spacecraft that fly in close formation to study the sun, has returned images of the first ever artificial solar eclipse ...

Perseverance’s latest observation carries on the tradition of Mars rovers that have served as the few spectators to glimpse — and record — a Martian eclipse. Previous images includes a video ...

By comparing the various images, scientists can refine their understanding of the moon’s orbit to learn how it’s changing. Phobos is getting closer to Mars and is predicted to collide with it ...

The image of Earth and Phobos was taken on the 4,295th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's mission. One Martian sol is about 24 hours and 40 minutes, making it slightly longer than a single Earth day.

Sharing the photos of 'space potato', Nasa on Instagram said, "Space potato Phobos is the larger of Mars' two moons—but it's still only about 17 x 14 x 11 miles (27 by 22 by 18 kilometers) in ...