A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can’t be ignored

The suggestion that our universe has physical laws and constants inexplicably just right for life is…

Gecko-inspired robot has grippers that could clean up space junk

Hundreds of thousands of pieces of debris orbit our planet. A device that sticks to space…

Gecko-inspired robot has grippers that could clean up space junk

Hundreds of thousands of pieces of debris orbit our planet. A device that sticks to space…

Planets in other star systems fit a puzzling pattern

Data from the Kepler space telescope show that exoplanets tend to be similar in size to…

A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can’t be ignored

The suggestion that our universe has physical laws and constants inexplicably just right for life is…

SpaceX has launched and landed two used rockets in one weekend

On 23 and 25 June, SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets using boosters that had already…

SpaceX has launched and landed two rockets in one weekend

On 23 June, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket using a booster that had already been…

Uranus’s crooked, messy magnetic field might open and shut daily

The off-kilter tumbling of the magnetic bubble around Uranus may regularly let a barrage of charged…

Uranus’s crooked, messy magnetic field might open and shut daily

The off-kilter tumbling of the magnetic bubble around Uranus may regularly let a barrage of charged…

ESA approves gravitational-wave hunting spacecraft for 2034

The triplet LISA spacecraft, which will use powerful lasers to measure ripples in space-time from supermassive…