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"People think science is about the truth. It's not" – Why everything we know about the Universe could be mere guesswork
Are space science, cosmology and astronomy just guesswork?
This weekend – see the Strawberry Moon rise close to the scorpion's heart
The nearly-full Strawberry Moon rises close to bright star Antares on 26 and 27 June 2026
Humans will evolve differently on Mars. This is how science says our bodies will transform on the Red Planet
Scott Solomon is an evolutionary biologist. We spoke to him about what our descendants in future settlements on the Red Planet might look like
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The Moon is a death trap: These are the life-threatening dangers awaiting astronauts on the lunar surface
If we’re ever going to build a base on the Moon, we’ll need to be able to manage a range of threats to human life
"It’s very exciting." An astronomer has seen light from just after the birth of the Universe. Now he's sharing it with the world
Astronomer Hidde Jense helped capture the earliest light in the Universe in unprecedented detail. We spoke to him about what this groundbreaking observation reveals
The planet that lost its crown. 28 amazing facts about Pluto, the icy world on the edge of the Solar System
Facts about Pluto, the dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt
Scientists thought they knew what's lurking at the centre of our Galaxy. But they may have been completely wrong this whole time
Could the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy be dark matter instead?
"It might look like we started a space war, but we didn’t." Astronomers fire lasers at distant cosmic cloud, all in the name of science
ESO image shows lasers shooting into the sky as astronomers target Tarantula Nebula with one of the world’s most advanced telescope systems
A body on the edge of our Solar System has an atmosphere – and scientists still aren't sure how that's possible
The object lies in the Kuiper Belt and is 500km wide. And astronomers found an atmosphere round it.
The Pink Planet is so weird, astronomers struggle to define it. And they've just found it's covered in salty clouds
Pink Planet GJ504b orbits a Sun-like star 57 lightyears from Earth
The Ancient Egyptians loved this rare gem – scientists just found it in a cracked meteorite that fell from Mars
Astronomers analysing a piece of a Martian meteorite have found garnet, a gem that could reveal the secrets of Mars's past
Next full Moon dates 2025
Find out when the next full Moon is visible, and full Moon names for 2026.
In pictures – last night's Venus and crescent Moon meeting stuns in images captured around the world
Images of the conjunction of bright planet Venus and the crescent Moon captured on 17 June 2026 by photographers around the world
Tonight the crescent Moon joins Venus in the western sky. Here's how to see the beautiful Moon-planet alignment
Catch Mercury, Venus and Jupiter with the crescent Moon this week
Strange signals are flickering in brightness in a nearby galaxy. The answer is cosmically explosive
Astronomers have observed supernova remnants changing in brightness over time
This large moon has the most battered surface in the Solar System – and NASA could put a base on it. Amazing facts about Jupiter's moon Callisto
Facts about Jupiter's moon Callisto, the third largest moon in the Solar System and the most heavily-cratered object.
Facts about space and astronomy
What do lemons and raspberries have to do with space, just how dense is a neutron star and how powerful is a gamma-ray burst?
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Artemis II is already changing what we know about the Moon. I'm a geologist – this is how the mission science is unlocking key lunar secrets
What Artemis II’s mission to the Moon could reveal about our lunar companion
One of the largest asteroid craters on Earth is much bigger than we thought – and may have had devastating consequences
The impact that produced Zhamanshin could have released energy equivalent to an explosion of over 240,000 million tonnes of TNT
Scientists could dim the Sun as a quick fix for the climate crisis. Here's why it could cause global chaos
Scientists know how to alter our atmosphere to try and fix climate change, but doing so could bring other potential unintended impacts
After the close conjunction, what next for Venus and Jupiter? Here's how to see them over the rest of June
Track Venus and Jupiter and see their close encounter in June 2026
Astronomers see star devoured by black hole, surviving and coming back for seconds. And there's a twist...
AT2018fyk a tidal disruption event in which a supermassive black hole devoured a star, then came back for seconds
These are the best images of comet 3I/ATLAS captured so far
Images of the interstellar visitor
