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.

Large red star next to a small white star

Weird signals keep reaching Earth from across the Galaxy – and we may finally have the key to reading them

A mysterious "stellar Rosetta Stone" may crack a code that's puzzled scientists for years
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Why Silicon Valley is betting big on data centres in space

Space data centres could be a new frontier for humanity, but can the promise live up to the hype?
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Photo of a model globe spinning so fast you cannot make out any countries or continents

What speed am I travelling, right now?

Turns out, it is much more difficult than you might imagine to accurately assess how quickly you're moving through space
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A person wearing a spacesuit at the LUNA training facility

I went inside the fake Moon base where astronauts prepare for real lunar missions

Our writer was lucky enough to step inside a project that recreates the lunar surface in as much detail as possible
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Pluto

Making Pluto a planet again sounds simple. It isn’t

NASA's new chief wants to reinstate Pluto as a planet. And scientists are on board – as long as you're also okay with having over 100 new ones, including our own Moon
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Computer artwork of the Sun, around 5 billion years in the future, heating a dying Earth.

We've found a tiny particle that could erase the Universe at any moment

A supercollider may one day help us predict the fate of the Universe. Scientists will use it to find a hidden instability built into the fabric of existence… one that could destroy everything.
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Apollo astronaut saluting the US flag

The real reason America wants to return to the Moon

Artemis II was a triumph, but there was some sinister reasoning behind our latest Moon mission
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Planet surrounded by thin atmosphere

Mini world near Pluto is far more active than it should be – and experts are baffled

A ghostly atmosphere has been detected around a minor planet beyond Neptune
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Here’s how aliens will actually make first contact with humanity

The head scientist in the international Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence committee explains how Earth’s introduction to extraterrestrials would most likely unfold
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A beacon of light in swirls of dust

Jaw-dropping new NASA photo shows the full power of a supermassive black hole

The new image reveals why the ‘squid galaxy’ is so bright
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A Falcon 9 rocket launches the Starlink 6-79 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Nov 22, 2025

Would an increase in rocket launches harm the ozone layer?

Does the increase in rocket launches to space have an impact on the ozone layer? Deterioration is a major cause for concern
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The Universe is a hologram: Why Stephen Hawking's boldest theory could be right

Prof Stephen Hawking’s closest collaborator explains emerging evidence supporting the cosmologist’s final thoughts on time
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Could dark matter be all around planet Earth but undetectable?

Could dark matter be all around planet Earth but undetectable? There's no reason to suppose not, experts argue
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The International Space Station (ISS)

What happens if you get ill on the ISS?

Ambulances might struggle to reach the International Space Station
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A 'dark star' shown under infra-red light.

This radical 'dark stars' theory could solve our Universe’s greatest mystery

Massive, invisible stars that formed in the earliest days of the Universe may hold clues to the true nature of dark matter. And we might have found some
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Illustration of two black holes orbiting each other.

Two supermassive black holes are now heading for a Universe-shaking collision

In a galaxy far, far away, two black holes are locked in a battle to the death
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Illustration of asteroid hitting planet Earth.

The mission that could determine whether Earth survives the next killer asteroid

The dinosaurs never saw it coming. We might
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Extrasolar planet. Stone Planet with moon on background nebula.

Mystery 'rogue planets' have been spotted drifting through our galaxy. And some could support life

Some planets are stuck following the same orbital paths their entire lives. Others break free to wander alone through the vast, empty darkness of interstellar space. And there's a lot more of them than you might think
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Two spacecraft in front of Mercury

6 mind-blowing space missions now set to launch after Artemis II

From water hunting on the Moon to the closest planet to the Sun
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Artemis II in pictures: 21 jaw-dropping photos, from launch to splashdown

Ten days, one Moon, and a view we’ve waited half a century to see again
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Illustration depicting the Bermuda Triangle from space.

A bizarre 'dead zone' above Earth keeps frying satellites – and it's slowly getting bigger

Above Earth, there is a void, a no-go zone that spacecraft enter at their own peril
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The Artemis 2 rocket launches from a launch pad.

Artemis II: 21 historic images of the stunning Moon mission launch

It's the most significant moment in spaceflight of the 21st century so far
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NASA's Artemis 2 spaceship on launchpad with Moon in background.

22 mind-blowing facts about NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission

Taking one step closer to the next giant leap
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Gravitational field of a black hole.

Here's what's (probably) on the other side of a black hole

A new theory about what happens when black holes die could solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics.
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