The eye of the Calvinia tropical storm was just east of the island of Mauritius before heading south, as shown by NASA imagery on Tuesday.

Space is referred to as a cold, dark place, but an image shared by a NASA astronaut suggest otherwise. The pic captures glittering stars and Earth's glowing atmosphere.

Smoke from Australia's bushfires has drifted 2,000km across the Tasman Sea, shrouding New Zealand .

The space agency released two satellite images of the South Australian island highlighting the horrific damage the bushfires have caused to the environment.

Astronomers have used vibrations from an ancient star in the Milky Way that is viewable in Australia to deduce how long ago a massive collision event took place with another galaxy.

China successfully landed the first mission to the far side of the moon on January 4, 2019 and the lander and its rover Yutu-2 continue to send back data and images to Earth.

The craft, which left the Earth more than 42 years ago on a mission to study and photograph the outer planets, left the solar system in November 2018.

The Solar Orbiter lifted off from Cape Canaveral Sunday night and will maneuver into a unique out-of-plane orbit that will take it over both of the sun's poles, never photographed before.

NASA captured a stunning image of what was once Lake Mega Chad 7,000 years ago. It stretched 150,000 square miles across the Sahara and would have been the largest on Earth today.

NASA and the European Space Agency have used pollution monitoring satellites to track the decrease in nitrogen dioxide levels over the past two months during the coronavirus outbreak.

NASA has shared a photo of a mysterious hole on the side of one of Mars's largest volcanoes, an example of a 'lava tube' that could be used as the location of human settlements in the future.

NASA shared an image of the Philippines two months after its Taal Volcano erupted -revealing an ash damaged landscape. The area was once a tropical oasis, but now looks more like the moon.

The cloud sits on the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula in the neighbouring Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy - 160,000 light years away from Earth.

It will be the first manned X-plane produced by NASA in two decades and is designed to help develop standards for future all-electric aircraft.

NASA analyzing data from the Voyager 2's 1986 visit to Uranus and found the magnetic bubble surrounding the planet is allowing bits of its atmosphere to leak into space.

ESA released satellite images Venice from this month and the same time last year to highlight a distinct lack of boat traffic following the lockdown in March to limit the spread of coronavirus.

NASA showcased new devices at the White House that will help in the fight against the coronavirus. The project includes a pressure helmet, decontamination system and a ventilator.

The small study focused on six patients with confirmed COVID-19 and that had suffered a stroke caused by the sudden loss of blood circulation to the brain.

The specimens - which included 15 adults, 5 juveniles and two newborns or fetuses - were unearthed from the Tanque Loma site on the county's Santa Elena peninsula.

Apple's highly anticipated 13-in MacBook has been announced. The new device features a Magic Keyboard, powerful 10th-generation Intel processor and double the storage of its predecessor.

According to the social platform, it is conducting a test for users on iOS that will use its AI to scan replies before they're posted and give users a chance to re-think or revise them.

Once posted, the towering images - instead of being cropped portrait-style to fit the app's interface - require users to scroll for an inordinate amount of time in order to see the next image in one's feed.

A study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison wrapped the e-bandage around the chests of rats who had a cut on their backs. This caused the wound to heal in just three days versus 12 in others.

Footage of the colour-changing octopus was captured by a free-diver as he swam in the crystal clear waters in the French Riviera.

The battery-powered devices about the size of a small cooler and can deliver packages autonomously, but for now, they'll be accompanied with a human while they're being tested out.

A study found that plate tectonics were triggered by intense bombardment of meteors 3.2 billion years ago -transforming the hot, primordial mushy surface into the present rugged landscape.

NASA is investigating how best to respond to the possibility of an asteroid or a comet colliding with Earth in fictional situations.

Spanish archaeologists found the remains of the girl during a dig near the city of Luxor in Egypt and say she would have been 15 or 16 when she died.

Video captured by hidden cameras in rural North Wales caught the animals moving around at night and playing with each other.

New research suggests Planet Nine is a mirage and nothing more than 'collective gravity.' The team say it is a sprawling disk of icy debris that formed when the solar system was born.

The researchers found that the ultimate benefits of erecting dykes would outweigh the costs for a quarter of the UK coast under 16 inches of sea level rise.

A 'March Miracle' brought significant rainfall to southern California that birthed fields of orange poppies and NASA shared an image showing a sea of wildflowers as seen from space.

Velociraptors played a key role in the series 'Jurassic Park', which portrayed the vicious dinosaurs as working in groups to hunt large prey, but experts now say they did not attack in coordinated groups.

Neolithic humans in central Europe may have been brewing beer 6,000 years ago, according to scientists who have developed a new method to analyse grains.

The root of the problem lies in the 'generational squeeze' of having dependent parents on one side and grown-up children struggling to start a career on the other, US researchers found.

Scientists from the British Ecological Society found the fungal disease is far less severe in the isolated landscapes such as in hedgerows.

It is a mosaic formed from three years' worth of 'lucky images' taken by the Gemini telescope in Hawaii and is one of the clearest photos of Jupiter ever taken from Earth.

WeChat is monitoring messages sent by international users to help identify content that might need to be preemptively censored in China and maintain a database of blacklisted content.

The 39-year-old former Northern Ireland midfielder moves from League One side Doncaster to succeed Nigel Adkins, who was unable to come to terms on a new deal with the Tigers.

With the calendar year now ticking over into July, a host of elite level footballers have become free agents following the expiration of their contracts.

Hull City are set to pocket a tidy profit once Harry Maguire's £80million move from Leicester to Manchester United is completed.

The photo, taken the day both players signed for the club on 29 July 2014, was hilariously captioned 'When Harry met Andy', and 'Wonder what happened to these two?'

Newcastle drew Leicester in the only all-Premier League tie in the EFL Cup second round. Nottingham Forest were handed a home tie against arch-rivals Derby.

Football fans will notice the familiar return of the classic winter ball this weekend, as the Premier League officially ticks over into winter season.

The Championship has turned into a melting pot for young, homegrown stars. Here Sportsmail look at the Championship stars that could be on their way to the Premier League this January.

A look at the all-decade Premier League table, which includes the 37 sides to compete in the top flight across the last 10 seasons, has shown the stranglehold Manchester has had in recent years.

Sportsmail looks at what each Premier League club needs in January, who could be moved on to free up space in the squad and who managers are targeting as the window opens for business.

Conjecture surrounds Jarrod Bowen's future but he again provided Hull City with a touch of class that proved too good for another Championship defence.

Inter Milan want to secure Christian Eriksen from Tottenham in time for next weekend's match with Cagliari. They need to increase their offer of £15m to convince Tottenham to sell.

The January transfer window is entering its final week and managers are scrambling with their chairman to get those final deals over the line. Here's the players every team are looking at.