9 March 2021
The moon’s lower gravity makes it practical to build huge towers covered in solar panels, using the lunar soil to create concrete. Such a tower at the moon’s south pole could power a crewed base
9 March 2021
The distribution of matter throughout the universe may not be the same in every direction, which could upend a fundamental tenet of cosmology and rewrite what we know about the moments after the big bang
5 March 2021
The Photonic Laser Thruster can move a 750-gram object along a low-friction rail – a small step to using the technology to push satellites rapidly between planets
5 March 2021
Astronomers may have detected a planet around one of our closest stars that is potentially the second hottest exoplanet ever found
3 March 2021
A flash of light in the night sky, thought to have been a burst from a galaxy in the early universe, may actually have been nothing more than a glint from a piece of junk in Earth orbit
24 February 2021
From one of the creators of Rick and Morty, animation Solar Opposites explores how intelligent beings from another world would fare in a typical US neighbourhood with hilarious results
