Science
Black holes, dark matter, gravitational waves and exoplanets: find out how astronomy is unlocking the secrets of the Universe.
NASA's best space telescope has just seen an object in space that looks like a brain in a jar
James Webb Space Telescope explores the Exposed Cranium Nebula
From a stellar diamond to a squashed mammoth and one as old as the Universe, 8 of the weirdest stars ever seen
Among the trillion trillion stars in the Universe, there are some real oddballs. Here are some of the weirdest stars astronomers have uncovered in the depths of space.
The story of the first alien world discovered with rings like Saturn's
J1407b is the first exoplanet with a ring system to be discovered. This is its story.
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Strangest things in our Solar System
Some of the weird and wonderful objects we find close to Earth
Why doesn’t the Sun just float away into space? Here's what the science says
The Sun seems to be static, but in truth is anything but
Prehistoric alien dinosaur planets would be easier to find than modern-day Earth, say scientists
Life is more detectable on worlds with big lifeforms, a study has found.
This is what our nearest galaxy would look like if we went there, and how our Solar System would appear
What would Earth and the Sun look like when viewed from the Andromeda Galaxy? And what would the galaxy look like if we could travel there?
What Earth looks like from other planets
Views of planet Earth as seen from the other worlds of the Solar System
How many planets are there? It's a trickier question to answer than you might think...
What makes a planet? How many are there in our Solar System and the wider Universe?
What is Area 51 and what really goes on there?
Area 51 is most known for it's inclusion in alien conspiracy theories. But what actually is Area 51 and what really goes on there?
The story of Kepler-22b, the first exoplanet discovered orbiting in the Goldilocks Zone of its star
Kepler 22-b lies about 15% closer to its parent star than Earth does to the Sun
Our Galaxy and others are being pulled into deep space by something called the Great Attractor
In space, nothing is ever still. You feel like you’re sitting still as you read this, but you’re not
Humans wouldn't survive on icy moon Europa, yet it's one of the best places to look for alien life
The icy moon is one of the most promising places to look for signs of habitability in the Solar System
This NASA spacecraft spent 20 years orbiting Saturn. Here's what it discovered
A history of the Cassini-Huygens mission at Saturn and Titan.
This US astronomer found something weird in pictures of Pluto, and ended up discovering its biggest moon
Pluto's moon Charon was discovered on 22 June 1978 by US astronomer James Christy while examining images of Pluto. We explore how this momentous find came to be.
When enormous black holes collide, something happens that scientists can't explain
There is an unsolved problem surrounding the merging of supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies.
Our Sun won't last forever. This is what will happen when it dies – and which planets will survive
Will the planets will survive our Sun’s far-off fate of swelling out into the Solar System as a red giant?
Astronomy explained | The Planets
A guide to the planets of the Solar System, their order in distance from the Sun, and facts about the rocky terrestrial worlds and the gas giants.
Hummus on the Moon? Scientists have successfully grown chickpeas using lunar dirt
Scientists have shown it could be possible to grow chickpeas on the Moon
Strange signals are coming from the centre of our Galaxy. Scientists say they've worked out what they are
Could 'excited dark matter' be behind mysterious signals from the core of the Milky Way?
Ex-Google boss may launch a bigger-than-Hubble space telescope within three years
Are we about to get a new, privately-funded space observatory?
Scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase comet 3/ATLAS out of the Solar System
An audacious plan could get a probe
up close to the interstellar oddity
Phew! 'City killer' asteroid won't hit our Moon after all. Scientists say they're ruling out a lunar impact
Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to our planet or Moon
When does Easter fall and what does it have to do with the Moon?
Why Easter moves around year after year, and what it's got to do with the full Moon
