Meet the future technology that could harness power and energy from a star in the most unusual way
FutureTech
What is a Dyson Sphere?
Solar System
Why is Mars red?
How the Red Planet got its iconic colour.
Space Exploration
Heroes of Space: Robert Goddard
The man who overcame ridicule to launch the age of space exploration
Deep Space
What’s the missing link between stars and planets?
When dealing with large planets and small stars it can sometimes be hard to differentiate the two. Thankfully, brown dwarf stars might just be the divider we need.
Deep Space
Astronomers detect the most distant oxygen ever discovered
This oxygen detection provides strong evidence that star formation occurred just 250 million years after the Big Bang
Solar System
Searching for signs of Martian life in the United Kingdom
A series of acidic streams in Dorset, United Kingdom, resemble Mars billions of years ago, which could help scientists find microbial life on Mars
Astronomy
Why do galaxies spin?
What caused the rotation of galaxies, and do they all do it?
Space Exploration
NASA will send a helicopter to Mars!
On board NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will be a helicopter the size of a softball which will provide the first-ever technological demonstration of aircraft analysis on Mars
Space Answers on Twitter
Deep Space
Apart from Andromeda, are any other galaxies moving towards us?
Is our Milky Way destined to collide with any other galaxies?
Astronomy
Heroes of Space: Nicolaus Copernicus
The Polish astronomer who revolutionised our understanding of the Earth’s place in the Solar System.
FutureTech
Future Tech: Robot Ape
Forget rovers, meet “Charlie” the robo-ape who’s planning on a trip to the Moon – and maybe even Mars!
Deep Space
Where did the first particles of light come from?
The very first particles of light came from somewhere. We find out where
Astronomy
Heroes of Space: Tycho Brahe
Read on to learn more about the peculiar life of the last great naked eye astronomer
Deep Space
Is there sound in space?
We find out the answer to this intriguing question
Solar System
Will the Moon ever leave Earth’s orbit?
Could our biggest natural satellite ever drift away?
Solar System
Exiled asteroid found in the Kuiper Belt
Astronomers confirm the existence of the first carbon-rich lump of space rock in the outer reaches of the Solar System
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Futuretech: Moonstream
NASA’s art and design outreach projects have produced a stylish Moon rover
Space Exploration
‘Polo!’: Mars-bound CubeSats are alive and well
The twin MarCO spacecraft, cruising to the Red Planet along with NASA’s InSight lander, have relayed to Earth that they’re in good health
Astronomy
Heroes of Space: Henrietta Swan Leavitt
On this day in 1868 an unsung astronomer, who helped to discover our place in the universe, was born
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Parker Solar Probe: NASA’s Sun-skimming spacecraft
Things are heating up at NASA as Solar Probe Plus prepares to take a plunge into the Sun