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.
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
What will spacesuits of the future look like?
Spacesuits of the future could recycle an astronaut's pee back into drinking water
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
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
Can liquids exist in space?
Even the simplest states of matter aren’t safe beyond Earth
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?
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Here's how astronauts will soon solve murders in space
Houston, we have a homicide
Meteor shower tonight: How to see the stunning Perseids 2025 shooting stars
Meteor showers are a great opportunity to admire the night sky
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
The six little red dots that nearly broke the Universe
The discovery of these unidentifiable objects threatened to break our understanding of the cosmos
Astronomers have spotted a solar system being born for the first time
This discovery marks the earliest building blocks of planets we've ever seen taking shape around a star
We may finally have an easy way to make water on the Moon
Lunar dust could one day quench astronauts’ thirst – and help make their fuel
Alien civilisations may be able to spy on us. Here's how
Radar used to track aeroplanes could also be broadcasting our location to nearby extraterrestrials
Earth may be trapped inside a giant void in space, say scientists
Discovering we're living alone could solve one of the biggest problems in space science
What is the ekpyrotic Universe theory?
What if there was no beginning of time?
The first commercial space station is nearly here. And it could change space forever
Next year, a team of astronauts will enter a new kind of space station – not built by a nation, but by a startup
The UFOs that scientists think are real, but can't explain
Nature's UFOs are even weirder and more mysterious than flying saucers.
Why does Mars have such a weird shape?
It might have something to do with a missing, ancient moon named Nerio
This ‘impossible’ quantum discovery could rewrite the rules of existence
Physicists may have got something fundamentally wrong about the world’s most essential particles. The truth could change our understandings of the Universe
