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The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

Space

The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

A decade ago, we discovered an exceptionally exciting exoplanet that could be the best candidate for hosting alien life. Now we’re about to find out if it really is

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Technology

Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel

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Space

US government releases huge batch of UFO files

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

Culture

Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous

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Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous

Culture

Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

Technology

Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

Culture

The best new science fiction books of May 2026

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The best new science fiction books of May 2026

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Space

Ann Leckie continues to shine with new sci-fi novel Radiant Star

Culture

Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles

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Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles

Culture

Kim Stanley Robinson and Red Mars book

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Author Kim Stanley Robinson revisits his vision of life on Mars

As our book club revisits Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson reflects on imagining a 2026 Mars mission — and how today’s colonisation plans and climate realities measure up.

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Physics

Diamonds are surprisingly elastic when you make them tiny

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Space

What to read this week: Emma Chapman's mind-expanding Radio Universe

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Space

NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success

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Life

Tweaking the smell of cat food can encourage fussy felines to eat

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