The large landing vehicles planned for NASA’s upcoming moon missions will throw up large amounts of…
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JWST has spotted an enormous plume of water coming out of Enceladus
Saturn’s moon Enceladus has a water ocean that makes it one of the most promising places…
Watch NASA’s UFO team discuss its findings publicly for the first time
NASA’s group that formed around a year ago to study unidentified aerial phenomena is holding its…
NASA’s UFO team discusses its findings publicly for the first time
NASA’s group that formed around a year ago to study unidentified aerial phenomena is holding its…
We are finally closing in on the cosmic origins of the “OMG particle”
Three decades ago, we spotted the single most energetic particle ever seen, nicknamed the ‘Oh-My-God particle’.…
Fake alien message sent to Earth to prepare us for first contact
A coded message called “A Sign in Space” has been sent from a spacecraft orbiting Mars…
Why sending messages to extraterrestrials is controversial
If there are intelligent aliens out there, should we try to get in touch with them?…
Questions I dread: How did the universe begin, and what is space-time?
As a theoretical cosmologist, you would think I’d welcome the chance to answer these questions –…
Lab imitations of the unobservable cosmos can be genuinely insightful
Despite the obvious caveats, physicists are right to use fluids and other physical analogues to search…
Why has Virgin Orbit shut down and what will happen to UK spaceports?
Virgin Orbit’s failed launch in January was the start of the end for the company, which…