Heroes of Space: Isaac Newton

The life and work of one of the world’s greatest scientific minds

Heroes of Space: Professor Stephen Hawking

We take a look at the life so far of one of the greatest physicists of the modern day.

Sophie Allan from the National Space Centre takes a look at this question for us

Pulsars have fascinated and baffled astronomers since they were first discovered 50 years ago

Researchers have found a data-driven way to refine the search for worlds similar to our planet

As we find more alien worlds, it’s possible to work out whether any other advanced life has ever existed

The Solar System might be a lot hairier than we thought…

Researchers from the University of Southampton have developed a new method for measuring the mass of pulsars

Professor Robert Owen, of Oberlin College, USA, tells us why hunting for wormholes is so necessary

Does the widely-accepted dark matter theory have a contender?

Could the physics behind the Earth’s “weird” atmosphere assist in the search for life on other worlds?

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