Artist’s visualisation of the gas giant planet WASP-127b ESO/L. Calçada A vast alien planet has blistering…
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Weird icy balls in space could be a totally new kind of star
Images of the two peculiar icy objects captured by the ALMA radio telescope Takashi Shimonishi/Niigata University…
Rereading the best science fiction writers of all time: Iain M. Banks
Iain M. Banks wrote a succession of best-selling science fiction stories Joseph Branston/SFX Magazine/Future via Getty…
How to see all the solar system’s planets in the night sky at once
All the planets will appear to line up across the sky towards the end of February…
Blue Origin vs SpaceX: Who is winning the battle of the rockets?
New Glenn reached orbit (left) but Starship exploded, raining debris (right) Blue Origin; SWNS Compare these…
Extraordinary images reveal the mysteries of Mars
Dingo gap in Gale crater NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS From H. G. Wells’s alien invaders in The War of…
Alien Clay extract: Read a section of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new space-based novel
Delivering “some felons to a labour camp on a remote planet” … Alien Clay Shutterstock /…
Human exploration of Mars is coming, says former NASA chief scientist
We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human…
The space physicist on a mission to discover why Mercury has shrunk
As planets go, Mercury is a world of extremes – and one that doesn’t always make…
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first launch
New Glenn blasts off Blue Origin Blue Origin’s reusable New Glenn rocket has successfully launched and…