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.

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

When is the next meteor shower in the UK?

How to see the full Harvest Moon 2021 in the UK © Getty Images

How to see the full Harvest Moon 2021 in the UK tonight

Instant Genius

Instant Genius Podcast: The nature of time, with Colin Stuart

Full Moon © Getty Images

When is the next full moon? Your lunar astronomy guide

What's the world record for staying in Space the longest? © Getty Images

Top 10: Heaviest spacecraft

Mars Sample Return: The mission that will bring home a piece of another planet © ESA

Mars Sample Return: The mission that will bring home a piece of another planet

Why Pluto should be reinstated as our ninth planet © NASA/Johns Hopkins University

Pluto should be our ninth planet. A planetary scientist explains why

Age of the Universe © Getty Images

How do we know how old the Universe is?

Forget rockets – a lunar elevator is the future of Moon travel © Alamy

Could we build an elevator to the Moon?

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What's inside the fifth dimension?

Photomultiplier tubes in Japan’s Super-Kamiokande detector facility, buried 1km underground, stand ready to pick up neutrinos generated 295km away in Tokai © Kamioka Observatory, ICRR (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research), The University of Tokyo

Where did all the antimatter go?

How you can see Jupiter in opposition tonight © Getty Images

How you can see Jupiter in opposition tonight

Should we search for aliens? © Getty Images

Is looking for aliens worth the risk? Absolutely, says the UK’s leading astronomer

theory of everything © Science Photo library

Why a theory of everything may never be possible – or any use

Dave Mackay, Virgin Galactic chief pilot

What it’s like to fly to the edge of space, according to Virgin Galactic’s pilot