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…

Weird orbits hint ‘Planet Ten’ might lurk at solar system edge

Astronomers studying icy objects in a distant region called the Kuiper belt say an unconfirmed planet…

Buckyballs mysteriously show up in cold space and warp starlight

These molecular carbon cages could be used as tracers to understand how prebiotic molecules form in…

Kepler finds 219 new exoplanets and 10 are rocky and Earth-like

NASA’s Kepler team has released its latest batch of planet candidates and they fall into two…

Kepler finds 219 new exoplanets and 10 are rocky and Earth-like

NASA’s Kepler team has released its latest batch of planet candidates and they fall into two…

The bandwidth black hole that will kill Elon Musk’s Mars dream

Without a new interplanetary internet to support the imminent boom in Martian probes, those with hopes…

Buckyballs mysteriously show up in cold space and warp starlight

These molecular carbon cages could be used as tracers to understand how prebiotic molecules form in…

NASA eyes Neptune and Uranus for missions in the 2030s

Four possible missions to the ice giants are being proposed, including orbiters and a fly-by, to…

NASA eyes Neptune and Uranus for missions in the 2030s

Four possible missions to the ice giants are being proposed, including orbiters and a fly-by, to…

Spectrum wars: The battle for the airwaves

TV, mobiles, broadband, ID tags, tyre pressure sensors in your car: the radio spectrum may be…