Nearly 30 years after her historic spaceflight, we meet with the first British astronaut to talk…
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European satellite will reveal Earth's atmosphere in unrivalled detail
The European Space Agency wants to launch a satellite that can enhance our picture of the…
Weird galaxies suggest our best understanding of the cosmos is wrong
We have found two weird galaxies that either have no dark matter or are travelling insanely…
Stars that eat planets can start spinning so fast they rip apart
When a star engulfs a planet it can end up spinning so fast that it rips…
Some planets may orbit a supermassive black hole instead of a star
Planets normally form gradually from the disk of dust around a star. But the same thing…
Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can't save dull space psychodrama
Brad Pitt stars in thoughtful sci-fi Ad Astra, but even his strong performance can’t plug the…
A stargazer's guide to the equinox and how Earth moves around the sun
As the September equinox falls, we begin a new astronomy series with all you need to…
Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?
Imagined Life, a riveting update of what we know about the planets beyond our solar system,…
Saturn's moon Enceladus is having a snowball fight with other moons
Three of Saturn’s icy moons are twice as shiny as we thought they were, and it’s…
The most powerful volcano on Jupiter's moon Io is about to explode
The largest and most powerful of the 400 volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io erupts on a…