Science
Black holes, dark matter, gravitational waves and exoplanets: find out how astronomy is unlocking the secrets of the Universe.
Scientists just witnessed the birth of a double-star system in real time. It's like watching a Star Wars world forming right in front of us
One of the most detailed 3D views ever of a binary star system in the middle of its birth
We thought the Universe was the same everywhere. But it turns out it could be much stranger than we'd imagined
We assume the Universe looks broadly the same no matter where you are or which way you look. A study is throwing that assumption into doubt.
USA, the stars and astronomy – from the revolution to beyond the Civil War, how America's history is intertwined with the Universe
The Star-Spangled Republic argues America's history can be told through the story of its astronomy
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When we look at the night sky, we're looking back in time. This is how far back we can see
The time it takes for light from objects in space to reach Earth means that when we look at planets, stars and galaxies, we're actually peering back in time.
Astronomers looked back in time and found a monster 5,000 times bigger than our Galaxy. And it's packed full of dark matter
Astronomers have found an enormous proto-supercluster 5,000 times bigger than our Galaxy
10 billion km in 3 minutes! Epic video captures a spacecraft's 8-year odyssey to planet Mercury
The European Space Agency released a video showing BepiColombo's view as it travelled across the Solar System
Science says we're not special. But here's why that could be wrong – and why we should be thankful we've not been swallowed by the Sun
Analysis of 79 ‘solar twins’ suggests we’re different – but not special
Something's making quakes on Mars even stranger – and a NASA robot has just worked out what it is
Data on seismic waves and quakes beneath the surface of Mars reveals they're being altered by fragments of ancient impacts.
"We had a visitor from a distant corner of our Galaxy" Scientist reveals why interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was so special – and why we'll find many more very soon
Interview with astronomer Cyrielle Opitom who co-led a study of comet 3I/ATLAS using the Very Large Telescope
This creepy 'statue' that looks like a robed figure on Mars gives us the chills. Here's what's really going on
The 'robed statue of a female figure' on Mars was spotted by the Spirit rover on the Red Planet in 2007
Just hours before impact – this week a hi-tech telescope spotted an asteroid, then watched it hit Earth
Tiny asteroid 2026 RW1 was detected just hours before it entered Earth's atmosphere
This is the first ever close-up image of Earth’s ‘mini moon’. We could soon have samples back on Earth
Chinese probe takes a picture of the ‘quasi-satellite’ Kamoʻoalewa near Earth
Are we the aliens? Earth could be sending life to Venus, say scientists
Study examines whether microbes might survive the journey between Earth and Venus
Have we got our Galaxy completely wrong? Scientists just worked out it's much wider than they thought
Dust-cloud ‘light echoes’ allowed astronomers to pinpoint the distances to our Galaxy’s spiral arms
We’ll soon see the flash when two alien planets collide – and it'll dramatically transform our understanding of the Universe
The glowing aftermath of giant impacts
may reveal how rocky worlds take shape
Hubble observes mysterious spokes in Saturn's rings
The mystery of the features seen in Saturn's icy rings deepens.
New technology is helping us look for alien intelligence in distant galaxies
A SETI study looking for narrowband signals with a radio telescope is the most sensitive search for intelligence beyond our own Galaxy.
Something weird's going on at Saturn. Hubble has spotted a 10-sided geometric formation in the planet's clouds
The Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers a view of a 10-sided decagon feature in the clouds at Saturn's south pole.
Why do we keep putting dark matter detectors deep underground?
A sensitive question: why dark matter detectors have to live deep beneath mountains
What if we never find dark matter? Why the hunt for the invisible universe is testing the limits of known physics
The dark matter hunt is testing the limits of known physics. What happens if it fails?
A strange, dark object is warping the Universe. Scientists still don’t know what it is
The lowest-mass dark object ever found in the Universe, discovered by using a global network of humanity's most powerful telescopes.
We've spent billions searching for dark matter and still haven't found it. Why are scientists obsessed with finding something they can't see?
If dark matter is invisible and can't be detected, why are scientists spending so much time and money searching for it?
Dark matter | 8 questions answered
Questions about dark matter, including what it is, what it does, how we know it's there and how scientists look for it
Have we finally found dark matter? A single blip deep underground just got physicists very excited...
A mile underground, the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is hunting for dark matter
