SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

The imminent first flight of Elon Musk's giant new rocket could mark a spectacular start to…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

The imminent first flight of Elon Musk's giant new rocket could mark a spectacular start to…

Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

Astronauts venture into space wearing 35-year-old, sweat-stained relics. The $200 million, high-tech replacement togs are anything…

Tides and atmospheres on TRAPPIST-1 planets may help life thrive

The planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system could be complex worlds with volcanoes, atmospheres and warm subsurface…

Tides and atmospheres on TRAPPIST-1 planets may help life thrive

The planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system could be complex worlds with volcanoes, atmospheres and warm subsurface…

Weird dim star isn’t due to alien megastructure – it’s just dust

Tabby’s star flickers like no other star we’ve seen. Some have suggested that’s due to an…

Weird dim star isn’t due to alien megastructure – it’s just dust

Tabby’s star flickers like no other star we’ve seen. Some have suggested that’s due to an…

Japan launches super-low-orbit satellite to test ion engines

Tsubame will take high-resolution images of Earth and measure oxygen levels and has been designed to…

Japan launches super-low-orbit satellite to test ion engines

Tsubame will take high-resolution images of Earth and measure oxygen levels and has been designed to…

The universe may be full of ex-moons flung from their homeworlds

Moons in other stellar systems may be hurled away from their planets up to 90 per…