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.

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The plans to build a Martian mega city you’d actually want to travel 300 million km to live in

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How to see the Lyrid meteor shower 2021 tonight

When is the next meteor shower in the UK? © Getty Images

When is the next meteor shower in the UK?

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Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Why drones are the future of space exploration

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How can I spot the Leo in the night sky?

The Jezero Crater on Mars as seen from the NASA Perseverance Rover

The Perseverance rover is sending weather reports back from Mars

TOPSHOT - A pilot takes a flight on a flying taxi prototype during testing in Moscow on March 16, 2021. - Russian developer of passenger drones Hoversurf company tests its Hover drone taxi, a flying vehicle that can fly 30 minutes on one charge at an altitude of 150 meters transporting passengers and cargo up to 300 kg for a distance of up to 100 kilometers at speed of 200 kilometers per hour. The company aims to have these drones operating by 2025. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Everyday science

Cyborg skin, flying cars and THAT boat: Here’s our favourite scientific images from March

Newly discovered black hole could have formed 'before the first stars and galaxies' © Carl Knox/OzGrav/PA

Newly discovered black hole could have formed ‘before the first stars and galaxies’

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7 black hole “facts” that aren’t true

Mars

Scientists have measured the core of Mars (and found something unexpected)

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When will the James Webb Space Telescope launch? All you need to know about Hubble’s successor

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When is the next full moon? Your lunar astronomy guide

What is dark matter? © NASA

What is dark matter?

Black hole M87 in polarized light

A closer look at the edge of a black hole

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Why it’s critical the first crew on Mars contains a woman, according to former astronaut Dr Kathy Sullivan