Space

Here's how YOU can apply to become an astronaut © ESA/PA

Here’s how YOU can apply to become one of ESA’s newest astronauts

Eating spinach could protect astronauts from space radiation, study suggests © Getty Images

Eating spinach could protect astronauts from space radiation, study suggests

The Universe's 7 biggest unsolved mysteries © Sam Chivers

The Universe’s 7 biggest mysteries (and why they’re unsolved)

Jupiter flung the dinosaur-killing comet into Earth, new study suggests ©Gerd Altmann/Pixabay/PA News

Jupiter flung the dinosaur-killing comet into Earth, new study suggests

Water vapour rising from the surface of Mars hints that it may once have been habitable ©ESA/ATG medialab/PA News

Water vapour rising from the surface of Mars hints that it may once have been habitable

Mars: China's Tianwen-1 probe to enter orbit © NASA/JPL

Mars: China’s Tianwen-1 probe to enter orbit

Do 3D printers work in space? © NASA

Do 3D printers work in space?

Have you got what it takes? ESA to open applications for new astronauts © ESA/PA

Your space agency needs YOU: ESA astronaut applications are opening

Mars: UAE Hope probe to enter orbit around the Red Planet © Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre/PA

Mars UAE Hope probe to enter orbit around the Red Planet

CubeSats: Why megaconstellations of tiny satellites are the future of space exploration © Alamy

How swarm spacecraft could help us understand Earth like never before

What was the Big Bang? © Science Photo Library

What was before the Big Bang? Everything you need to know

Take a look inside the new Dune graphic novel adapted by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, illustrated by Raúl Allen and Patricia Martín, published by Abrams ComicArts © 2020 Herbert Properties LLC

Take a look inside the new Dune graphic novel

Marcus Chown: Does the Big Bang really explain our Universe? © Getty Images

Marcus Chown Does the Big Bang really explain our Universe?

End of year roundup: The non-COVID science that brought us joy in 2020 © Getty Images

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End of year roundup: The non-COVID science that brought us joy in 2020

4 mysterious UFO sightings that are still unexplained © Getty Images

4 mysterious UFO sightings that are still unexplained