Nobody knows how these baby stars got so close to our black hole

A group of stars orbits so close to the Milky Way’s black hole that they could…

One of Europa’s plumes may not exist, making hunt for life hard

Jupiter’s icy moon is a promising place to find alien microbes, but hopes that they could…

One of Europa’s plumes may not exist, making hunt for life hard

Jupiter’s icy moon is a promising place to find alien microbes, but hopes that they could…

Chris Hadfield: We should live on the moon before a trip to Mars

The next stage of our push into space should be setting up home on the moon,…

Chris Hadfield: We should live on the moon before a trip to Mars

The next stage of our push into space should be setting up home on the moon,…

‘Alien megastructure’ star may host Saturn-like exoplanet

Rather than being caused by extraterrestrial construction, the bizarre dimming of Tabby’s star could instead be…

Wonky signals from distant stars could be sign of exocomets

Astronomers looking at two stars 800 light years away say they may have found the first…

Wonky signals from distant stars could be sign of exocomets

Astronomers looking at two stars 800 light years away say they may have found the first…

Exclusive: We may have detected a new kind of gravitational wave

Rumours are swirling of a new kind of gravitational wave, created by colliding neutrons stars, rather…

NASA insists it is going to Mars, but it really can’t afford to

The long-held desire to send humans to the Red Planet is nowhere near being realised, despite…