Space

InSight sends back first selfie from Mars © NASA

More InSight selfies from the surface of Mars, please…

Chang'e 4 and Lagrange points: how an unusual orbit lets the lander communicate © China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Chang’e 4: how China’s lander talks to us from the far side of the Moon

The most mysterious objects in the Universe - Colin Stuart © Magic Torch

Science Focus Podcast The most mysterious objects in the Universe – Colin Stuart

Dark energy is hiding in our Universe - here's how we'll find it © NASA

Dark energy is hiding in our Universe – here’s how we’ll find it

New Horizons returns sharp images of Ultima Thule © NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

New Horizons returns sharp image of Ultima Thule

How old is the 'Man in the Moon?' © Alamy

How old is the ‘Man in the Moon’?

Searching for life in Europa's oceans © NASA

Searching for life in Europa’s oceans

The number that holds the Universe together is changing © Scott Balmer

The number that holds the Universe together is changing

New eye on the Universe © Getty Images

SKA: A new eye on the Universe

Black hole mergers spotted for the first time © Hubble/NASA

Black hole mergers spotted for the first time

The hunt for exoplanets © Getty Images

The hunt for exoplanets

The race to dodge an asteroid © Getty Images

The race to dodge an asteroid

Could ’Oumuamua really be an alien probe? © ESO

Could ’Oumuamua really be an alien probe?

Do any other planets have tectonic plates? © Getty Images

Do any other planets have plate tectonics?