Science
Black holes, dark matter, gravitational waves and exoplanets: find out how astronomy is unlocking the secrets of the Universe.
We may be about to see an asteroid-mining gold rush. But here's why it could be a very bad idea
We examine the scramble to harvest metals from asteroids – and why we should think twice about it
A scientist looked at 'little red dots' in the early Universe and found a black hole that shouldn't exist
The mystery of ‘little red dots’ just got deeper, as a galaxy hiding an overmassive black hole hints at a whole population of cosmic Jekyll and Hydes
An enormous brain in a jar? NASA's best space telescope just saw something really weird...
James Webb Space Telescope explores the Exposed Cranium Nebula
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North Sea crater was created by an asteroid smashing into Earth, causing a tsunami taller than Big Ben
Silverpit Crater was caused by an asteroid or comet smashing into the North Sea, generating a 100m-tall tsunami, say scientists.
The Universe is unimaginably chaotic. 10 violent cosmic explosions that would instantly wipe out our Solar System
Join us on a turbulent tour through the most powerful explosions in the cosmos
'A fingerprint from another solar system'. Latest 3I/ATLAS data proves interstellar comet is unlike anything we've seen before
3I/ATLAS contains more methanol than what's normally seen in Solar System comets
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.
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
