51¶¯Âþ

Kepler space telescope

The 'space nation' Asgardia just launched its first satellite

Space

The 'space nation' Asgardia just launched its first satellite

Asgardia is a 'virtual nation' that says it aims to build sovereign colonies in space. On 12 November it launched a satellite carrying its citizens’ data

51¶¯Âþ

Light sail starship

Space

Should we seed life through the cosmos using laser-driven ships?

51¶¯Âþ

Tracking the first interstellar asteroid back to its home star

Space

Tracking the first interstellar asteroid back to its home star

51¶¯Âþ

Giant star smash-up may have made the biggest neutron star ever

Space

Giant star smash-up may have made the biggest neutron star ever

51¶¯Âþ

Space

Five firms aim to power moon-orbiting way station to deep space

51¶¯Âþ

Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

Space

Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

51¶¯Âþ

Why Hawking's PhD thesis is now an internet-breaking inspiration

Physics

Why Hawking's PhD thesis is now an internet-breaking inspiration

Comment

artist's impression of an exoplanet

Space

We may have found 20 habitable worlds hiding in plain sight

51¶¯Âþ

A group of people, two in space suits, on a parabolic flight

Space

Space changes how your brain thinks and it starts right away

51¶¯Âþ

We now know more on the origins of weird duck-shaped comet 67P

Space

We now know more on the origins of weird duck-shaped comet 67P

One of the weirdest comets we’ve seen formed from tiny pebbles that trace back to the start of our solar system – which may tell us more about how planets are made

51¶¯Âþ

Space

Boiling water on Mars could make the planet's sand levitate

51¶¯Âþ

Space

We may have just seen the first comet from another solar system

51¶¯Âþ

Space

Dawn spacecraft approved to spend another year studying Ceres

51¶¯Âþ

Space

A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

51¶¯Âþ

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop