Giant loner asteroids suggest baby planets formed quickly

The oldest intact asteroids hint that planets didn’t grow by slowly gathering small space rocks, but…

Space cucumbers may help plants grow better water-seeking roots

Away from Earth’s gravity, cucumber roots head towards water. Mimicking that moisture-seeking behaviour on our planet…

Space cucumbers may help plants grow better water-seeking roots

Away from Earth’s gravity, cucumber roots head towards water. Mimicking that moisture-seeking behaviour on our planet…

NASA’s planetary protection officer will defend Mars, not Earth

A NASA job advert has made for excited headlines, but the agency isn’t hiring someone to…

NASA’s planetary protection officer will defend Mars, not Earth

A NASA job advert has made for excited headlines, but the agency isn’t hiring someone to…

Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

A planet nearly double the size of Jupiter and 900 light years away has a glowing…

Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

A planet nearly double the size of Jupiter and 900 light years away has a glowing…

Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

The mysterious FRBs we’ve been tracking for a decade could be created by clumps of dark…

Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

The mysterious FRBs we’ve been tracking for a decade could be created by clumps of dark…

Building blocks of alien cells found on Saturn’s largest moon

The discovery of two compounds that could help make cells only adds to Titan’s image as…