Space

Getty © If nothing can escape from a singularity, how did the Universe manage it?

If nothing can escape from a singularity, how did the Universe manage it?

The hunt for the oldest galaxies in the Universe © NASA/Hubble Space Telescope

Cosmology The hunt for the oldest galaxies in the Universe

Small, cool stars may be the best place to look for ET © NASA

Small, cool stars may be the best place to look for ET

The violent past of Neptune's newest moon © ESA/Hubble, NASA, L. Calçada

Hippocamp, Neptune’s newest moon, had a violent past

Signs of ancient flowing water found on Mars © NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Mars Express Signs of ancient flowing water found on Mars

What would happen if there were no Moon? © iStock

What would happen if there were no Moon?

© NASA

Birth of a black hole witnessed for first time

If all the asteroids in the asteroid belt had coalesced to form a planet, what size would it have been? © Getty

If all the asteroids in the asteroid belt had coalesced to form a planet, what size would it have been?

How tall is the Universe? © Getty

How tall is the Universe?

© Roberto Molar Candanosa/Carnegie Institution for Science

Farout "We discovered the most distant object ever observed in our Solar System"

Inside China's plans to build a lunar base © Chinese National Space Administration

Space Race Inside China’s plans to build a lunar base

Is it true that NASA smaller everything before it is sent into space? © NASA

Is it true that NASA smells everything before it is sent into space?

Why the first plant grown on the Moon is a significant milestone in space exploration © CHONGQING UNIVERSITY HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

Why the first plant grown on the Moon is a significant milestone in space exploration

‘Oumuamua, the bizarre object hurtling through our Solar System, joined a select group of cosmic enigmas that have astronomers scratching their heads… © Magic Torch

The nine most mysterious objects in the Universe