The cosmos has taken up its fair share of space in the news this year. Here are some of the major stories from beyond Earth ...

It was a long time ago. In 1540, a party of Spanish conquistadors from Francisco Vasquez de Coronado’s expedition rode ...

A comet from another star system is sweeping through our cosmic backyard and, for the first time, astronomers have picked up ...

New images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS debunk 'cloaking' myths. Astronomers reveal a thinning coma as the visitor heads ...