Space

SETI team-up with planet-finding mission could herald breakthrough in search for alien life © Getty Images

SETI team-up with planet-finding mission could herald breakthrough in search for alien life

Dr Helen Sharman: Aliens exist, there’s no two ways about it © Jack Taylor/Getty Images

Dr Helen Sharman "Aliens exist, there’s no two ways about it"

How to watch tonight's Quadrantid meteor shower © Getty Images

Quadrantid meteor shower How to watch the first meteor shower of 2020

Alien contact: a brief history of extraterrestrial languages © Getty Images

Alien contact A brief history of extraterrestrial languages

CHEOPS: ESA satellite mission to help us understand exoplanets launches © ESA

CHEOPS: ESA satellite mission to help us understand exoplanets launches

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Apollo programme © NASA

Q&A special Everything you ever wanted to know about the Apollo programme

A beginner's guide to stargazing, no telescope required © Getty Images

A beginner’s guide to stargazing, no telescope required

How far from Earth could aliens detect our radio signals? © Getty Images

How far from Earth could aliens detect our radio signals?

Through the wormhole © Andy Potts

Wormholes Could we travel through a black hole into another galaxy?

European exoplanet-studying satellite Cheops launched © ESA/AP

CHEOPS, ESA’s exoplanet-studying satellite, launched successfully

The quest for the first space baby © Getty Images

The quest for the first space baby

How far do we travel through space every day? © Getty Images

How far do we travel through space every day?

Supermassive black holes may not be as massive as previously thought © Chris Marsden, University of Southampton/PA

Supermassive black holes may not be as massive as we thought

5 fantastic solar system facts © Getty Images

Solar System facts 5 things everyone should know about our cosmic neighbourhood

Planet four times the size of its star discovered © University of Warwick/Mark Garlick/PA

Exoplanets Planet four times the size of its star discovered