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.
'We're not prepared!': How a Harvard professor thinks humanity's chaotic first contact would actually unfold
From interstellar visitors to alien radio signals, scientists are asking a question once confined to science fiction: what happens when we finally make contact?
6 horrifying ways to die on the Moon: The biggest hazards facing NASA's permanent base
If the vacuum doesn’t get you, the cosmic rays or lunar dust might
How tiny companies are racing to create 'impossible' space crystals worth billions
In space, no one can hear you manufacturing
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The race to establish the first Moon base is on. And the stakes couldn't be higher
We're going back to the lunar surface for the first time in more than a century, and this time, we're staying
The world’s largest camera has taken its most mind-blowing images yet
One year in, the Vera C Rubin Observatory is already changing astronomy forever
What really made Saturn's rings?
A collision between some of Saturn's many moons may have seeded the planet's most famous feature
How can we clean up space junk?
Sticky satellites? Space harpoons? Robotic tentacles? Laser cannons? Space lassos? The fight against space junk continues
Solar eclipse 2026: The best pictures from around the world
The Sun turned off the light across Europe
'Houston, we have a homicide!': Meet the detectives preparing to solve murders in space
Gravity, decomposition, blood spatter – almost everything a detective relies on works differently in space
What was the first ever 'sea' actually like?
It's not the sea as you see it – more like a primordial goo
NASA reveals absolutely bonkers new Moon rover
A spare Mars rover might be sent to the Moon as part of the development of its Moon Base
We're finally about to discover what's lurking inside a black hole
How do you map something you can’t see? Scientists may have found a way
How one (very strange) particle could soon rewrite our laws of gravity
If particles are what carry the force of gravity, those particles should be detectable… in theory.
Experts no longer think life began on Earth. Here's what convinced them
The latest discovery of nucleotides on an asteroid is making scientists rethink the story of how life got going
Experts are at war over two black holes that shouldn't exist
They shouldn’t exist, but these black holes could change everything we know about how these giants are born
Could we create sunlight on demand?
Reflect Orbital wants to help supercharge your solar panels using space mirrors
We've just found the Universe's darkest galaxy – and it could solve one of the last, great mysteries in science
An almost invisible galaxy could crack open one of the biggest questions in cosmology
These may be the 15 greatest images of the Universe ever taken
From star‑forming pillars to colliding galaxies, Hubble’s most iconic images reveal how the universe is built, evolves and continues to surprise
Have we ever intercepted anything from aliens?
We’ve detected strange things in space – just not aliens. Yet
Could we really build a space elevator?
It needs to be 50 times stronger than steel
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
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?
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
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
