Space

Where did the Big Bang take place? © Getty Images

If we made a powerful enough telescope, would we theoretically be able to see the light from the Big Bang?

Could we ever move a planet into a more habitable orbit? © Getty

Could we ever move a planet into a more habitable orbit?

What if the Big Bang wasn't the beginning? © Other Peter

What if the Big Bang was not the beginning?

Could two planets share the same orbit without colliding? © Getty Images

Could two planets share the same orbit without colliding?

$© Diffractive Lightsails Grover Swartzlander Rochester Institute of Technology$

Light sails and stingray airships to explore space

What does a black hole look like? © EHT Collaboration

Messier 87 Why the first black hole photo was so hard to capture

Supermassive black holes, like the one in this illustration, may have played a key role in transforming the nature of gas in the early Universe © ESA

Twitter Q&A "What's your favourite black hole?"

What does a black hole look like? © EHT Collaboration

First ever image of black hole revealed

Are black holes always found at the centre of galaxies? © Getty Images

Q&A special Everything you wanted to know about black holes (and where to find them)

Black holes: how did we discover these 'dark stars'? © Getty Images

Black holes How did we discover these 'dark stars'?

Everything you need to know about SpaceX's Crew Dragon © SpaceX

SpaceX Everything you need to know about Crew Dragon

When I look to the stars, how far back am I seeing? © Getty Images

When I look to the stars, how far back am I seeing?

The GRAVITY instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry. This method revealed a complex exoplanetary atmosphere with clouds of iron and silicates swirling in a planet-wide storm. The technique presents unique possibilities for characterising many of the exoplanets known today © ESO/L. Calçada

Planet-wide storm discovered on alien world

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Galaxy pictures 23 of NASA's best images of space