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astronomy

Russian telescope

Life

Mysterious signal unlikely to be aliens after SETI draws a blank

Radio telescopes across the world are swinging toward an intriguing signal that could point toward an intelligent extraterrestrial civilisation, but have come up empty

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The RATAN-600 radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya

Life

Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling

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Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere

Life

Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere

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illustration of a planet in silhouette with a star behind

Space

Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door

Analysis

Proxima B

Space

Getting to Proxima b might become an existential requirement

Leader

planet

Space

Proxima b: Earth-like planet spotted just 4 light years away

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Roy Lichtenstein – Eclipse of the sun (1975)

Space

Solar eclipses: heaven-sent chance to mix art and science

Features

Red star surrounded by ordinary white stars. V838 Monocerotis, another red nova which erupted in 2002

Space

Mating stars hide their modesty behind a thick veil of dust

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The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars

Space

The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars

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Canadian meteorite may be first visitor from the Kuiper belt

Space

Canadian meteorite may be first visitor from the Kuiper belt

Most meteorites come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but an extraterrestrial visitor that landed in 2000 may hail from further afield

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Space

Here's how to watch the great Perseid meteor shower tonight

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Space

Triple signal of ‘alien megastructure’ star baffles astronomers

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Space

Small gas cloud caught blowing a huge bubble in the Milky Way

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Space

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is making its atmosphere hotter

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