Space

Space

Our place in the Universe is but the tiniest speck on the map of all known matter. We're out there, floating around in the big, wide mystery that is space.

Could there be a time particle?

It's all wibbly, wobbly, timey, wimey stuff
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Plane silhouette in front of Sun.

31 jaw-dropping space photos that will change how you see the Universe

The strange, stunning and sometimes surreal beauty of our cosmos
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growing planet surrounded by disc of gas and dust. A stream of dust is being drawn to the planet

This ‘rogue’ planet is now the fastest-growing world we've ever seen

It might be a planet, but it’s growing up more like star
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A black hole with the Universe in the background

Our Universe could be trapped inside a black hole with no way out

It's black holes all the way down
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A cut away showing the internal structure of Earth. There is a bright core, surrounded by cooler layers of mantle and a dark crust

Somehow, Earth's ancient core froze solid. Now we finally know why

When it comes to understanding how the planet's core cooled, carbon is the key
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Image of a tardigrade on Mars

Is there anything on Earth that could withstand conditions on Mars?

Scientists have conducted a variety of experiments to find out what, if anything, could survive the harsh conditions of Mars
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A car with a fake astronaut driver in space, the Earth is in the background

What's the strangest satellite in space?

There are likely over 12,000 artificial objects in orbit around Earth, including some very strange satellites you might not expect to be there
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A reddish Mars rock, covered with lighter spots that are surrounded by a grey ring, resembling the spots of a leopard.

These strange markings are the 'clearest sign' of aliens on Mars, say NASA

Huge news for fans of space and David Bowie alike
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US President Donald Trump speaks at NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, US, in May 2020.

Here's what Trump's space strategy means for future Mars landings

The American president wants boots on the Moon and eyes on Mars – but his budget aims to slash NASA’s funding by nearly a quarter
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Illustration of a humanoid figure standing in space on a comet. It is made up of many different things you can find on earth

Scientists are now seriously asking if humans were seeded by aliens. Here's why

The idea that life on Earth began elsewhere in space has long been controversial, but it's now gaining traction
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A man dressed in a golden spacesuit wearing a black backpack and doing a thumbs up

What will spacesuits of the future look like?

Spacesuits of the future could recycle an astronaut's pee back into drinking water
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Illustration of an asteroid hurtling towards a massive telescope

Meet the team tasked with saving Earth from world-ending asteroids

When asteroids come tearing towards Earth, we rely on ESA's planetary defence team to save us from disaster
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Illustration of an active quasar in a galaxy. The quasar is emitting from the centre of a spiral galaxy. The quasar is powered by material falling into the supermassive blackhole at the centre of the galaxy. This produces high energy radiation which pushes material away from the centre of the galaxy. This quasar wind propels material into the surrounding gas and dust of the galaxy which heats up, shown in blue in the spiral arms.

How understanding nothingness might just explain everything

There's a big, gaping hole in our understanding of the Universe. Meet the scientists trying to understand it
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An image of a surface of a planet

Can liquids exist in space?

Even the simplest states of matter aren’t safe beyond Earth
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3D CG illustration of the Moon (which is yellow) with a super-collider running through its equator and an antenna on its top

What if we built a super-collider around the Moon?

Scientists have considered putting a super-collider on the Moon. What benefits would this have over the Large Hadron Collider at CERN?
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Black hole

The new mystery hidden inside the Universe's biggest ever black hole

Black holes are big. Very big. But physics makes it almost impossible for them to grow. Here’s how one black hole defied the odds to swell to gargantuan proportions.
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Astronaut on surface of the Moon next to American flag.

10 times space missions went hilariously wrong

From dropped tool bags to farting astronauts, spaceflight has had its fair share of amusing mistakes and embarrassing oversights
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Artist rendering of the X-37B conducting an aerobraking manoeuvre using the drag of Earth’s atmosphere.

A top secret US spacecraft takes flight tonight – and it could rewrite the rules of future warfare

The X-37B returned to Earth this month, but details of its time in space remain hazy, to say the least.
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Black hole surrounded by a bright disc with a large object moving through it

The weirdest black hole in the Universe could be waking up

The black hole Ansky has some of the brightest and longest flares ever seen
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Image depicting a group of planets in spacetime.

Something is wrong with our understanding of the Universe and the closer we look the weirder it gets

Our picture of the cosmos is incredibly detailed. But it's by no means complete. There are crucial pieces missing in the cosmic jigsaw. And without them the picture just doesn't make sense.
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illustration of science fiction scene with dead skull astronaut

Here's how astronauts will soon solve murders in space

Houston, we have a homicide
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Bright meteor trails

Meteor shower tonight: How to see the stunning Perseids 2025 shooting stars

Meteor showers are a great opportunity to admire the night sky
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An abstract fractal illustration

This new experiment could take us closer to a theory of everything

A new experiment could reveal how quantum mechanics interacts with Einstein's theory of general relativity
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A black hole in space devours galaxies and stars.

The six little red dots that nearly broke the Universe

The discovery of these unidentifiable objects threatened to break our understanding of the cosmos
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