Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Human clones, a colony on Mars, alien contact... what world-changing breakthroughs will come in the next…

Neptune-like exoplanet spotted that has a watery atmosphere

Signs of water in a gas giant exoplanet’s atmosphere suggest the world formed much closer to…

Neptune-like exoplanet spotted that has a watery atmosphere

Signs of water in a gas giant exoplanet’s atmosphere suggest the world formed much closer to…

The human universe: Does consciousness create reality?

While not a complete figment of our imagination, the universe may only become real because we're…

Waves surge in opposite directions around Io’s largest lava lake

Best ever images of a lava lake on Jupiter’s innermost large moon reveal its surface regenerating…

Waves surge in opposite directions around Io’s largest lava lake

Best ever images of a lava lake on Jupiter’s innermost large moon reveal its surface regenerating…

What vision of doom made Hawking seek a faster Earth exit plan?

Stephen Hawking now says humanity must colonise other worlds within a century, rather than 1000 years,…

Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun

A sudden brightening of the infant sun – called an FU Orionis outburst – could have…

Let’s seek traces of ancient indigenous ETs in our own backyard

The search for aliens beyond our solar system has drawn a blank so far. There is…

Let’s seek traces of ancient indigenous ETs in our own backyard

The search for aliens beyond our solar system has drawn a blank so far. There is…