It has been a busy start to 2025 for astronomy lovers with plenty of planets spread across the sky, the moon passing between Mars and Earth in an eclipse-like event, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, views of a comet.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in 160,000 years, as it lit up the night skies across the globe.

Morgan Nunn Martinez studied lunar rocks from the 1969 Apollo 9 mission to learn about the origin of moon water. They found water in them by heating these rocks to 50, 150, and 1,000 degrees Celsius (122, 302, and 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit, respectively). The team analyzed the water’s oxygen isotopes to determine its origin.

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

NASA shares images of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) near the sun and stunning photos from Jupiter and Mars missions.

Mars in 2024 was the site of the sad end of a machine that lived far beyond expectations. On January 18, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the last time. Given that on landing its rotors broke off, that's a pretty definitive conclusion.

The world saw Donald Trump take the oath of office for his second non-consecutive term as President of the United States on Monday. The ceremony, held in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, drew an eclectic crowd of tech moguls, foreign diplomats, and business leaders.

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark. This weekend, Venus and Saturn get especially cozy.

Former Purdue professor Jay Melosh has had his legacy honored in the form of a crater being named after him on the surface of Mars.

As humankind imagines living off-planet -- on the moon, Mars and beyond -- the question of how to sustain life revolves around the physical necessities of oxygen, food and water. We know there is water on the moon,

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun, in 2025. One key event for Lucy is its flyby of the inner main-belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson, scheduled for April 20, 2025.

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you identify them.