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.

There may still be active volcanoes on Mars, and they may be creating conditions capable of supporting microbial life, study finds © Getty Images

There may still be active volcanoes on Mars

Who owns the Moon? © Getty Images

Who owns the Moon?

How humanity will return to the Moon: The future of lunar exploration © Science Photo Library

How humanity will return to the Moon: The future of lunar exploration

The experiments using cosmic radiation to see inside the pyramids © Andy Potts

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How scientists are using cosmic radiation to peek inside the pyramids

How to spot the Orion nebula © Getty Images

How to spot the Orion nebula

James Webb Space Telescope: How does it work and what will it see? © NASA/Goddard Space Flight Centre

James Webb Space Telescope: How does it work and what will it see?

Eta Aquariid meteor shower © Getty

How to see the Eta Aquariid meteor shower 2021 tonight

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James Webb Space Telescope Inside the high-stakes testing of Hubble’s £7.2bn successor

Top 10 mountains in the Solar System © Getty

What are the 10 tallest mountains in the Solar System?

Michael Collins: Apollo 11 command module pilot © NASA/JSC

Profile Michael Collins: Apollo 11 command module pilot

“Campfires” on the Sun explain the mystery of why its atmosphere is so hot

Pink Supermoon 2021 © Getty

How to see the Pink supermoon 2021 tonight

Can a planet orbit backwards compared to the other planets in a solar system? © Alamy

Can a planet orbit backwards compared to the other planets in a solar system?

Could there be fossils on Mars? © Dan Bright

Could there be fossils on Mars?

The Royal Astronomical Society is searching for the UK's

The Royal Astronomical Society is searching for the UK’s “Moon Trees”