Parts of Mars may have been habitable for thousands of years, based on analysis of clays…
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We finally know when the first stars in the universe switched on
The most detailed observations of some of the most distant galaxies we have ever seen have…
Why the big bang may not have been the beginning of the universe
We once thought the big bang was a single moment, but physicists are now settling on…
The hunt for a primordial force that would revolutionise cosmology
Finding magnetic fields dating back to the big bang would transform our understanding of how the…
Aliens orbiting 1402 stars near Earth could be looking at us right now
Possible alien inhabitants living on planets orbiting 1402 nearby stars could easily spot Earth – and…
Venus has huge landmasses that jostle about like Earth's continents
Huge blocks of Venus’s crust appear to be jostling and bumping together similar to continental blocks…
Venus has huge land masses that jostle about like Earth's continents
Huge blocks of Venus’s crust appear to be jostling and bumping together similar to continental blocks…
An enormous ‘mega comet’ is flying into our solar system
Astronomers have found a large object entering our solar system – it could be an unusually…
Pluto is covered in huge red patches and we don't know what they are
Huge swathes of Pluto’s surface are covered in a mysterious red material, and planetary scientists’ best…
China is launching the first astronauts to its new space station
The first module of the Chinese Space Station launched in April, and on 17 June it…