Cosmogramma review: An eclectic mix of sci-fi and cosmic horror tales
10 November 2021
An exciting collection of short stories by Courttia Newland covers a lot of interesting ground, finds Robyn Chowdhury
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Shards of Earth review: A rip-roaring space opera with a psychic twist
12 May 2021
Shards of Earth is the first part of Adrian Tchaikovsky's new space opera, featuring starship battles, godlike entities the size of moons and a hidden dimension with freakish psychological properties, says Clare Wilson
Inside the ISS: Astronauts tell their amazing tales of living in space
2 September 2020
Real-life accounts of International Space Station crew members Samantha Cristoforetti and Terry Virts capture the extraordinarily ordinary life of an astronaut
The Lady Astronaut series tackles historical sexism brilliantly
5 August 2020
Two recent books imagine a different history of science, but one handles the prejudices of the time much better than the other, says Jacob Aron
We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?
22 April 2020
Extraterrestrial oceans are an obvious place to search for alien life, but getting there and having a look won't be easy, says NASA's Kevin Hand in his book Alien Oceans
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The unsung discoverer of star chemistry
1 April 2020
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who discovered that hydrogen dominates our universe, finally gets the recognition she deserves in a rich biography, What Stars Are Made Of
Don’t miss: Art confronts climate, a book on space junk, future talk
13 November 2019
This week, discover how art and design take on climate change, read all about our space junk, and listen to top talk about the future in a University of Oxford podcast
Don't miss: Risky flights, idiotic experiments and the secrets of life
30 October 2019
This week, watch as fact and fiction meet above Victorian England, learn about our worst military ideas and discover evolution's other hero, Alfred Russel Wallace
A sci-fi anthology offers widely divergent glimpses of the future
23 October 2019
From alienated life in post-Arctic Sweden to the failure to engage with tech’s new intimacies, Helen Marshall explores an excellent and diverse new sci-fi anthology
Don’t miss: Sleepless nights, ephemeral worlds and telepathic terrors
23 October 2019
This week, endure entrancing, always-on art, learn about the planets that never were and watch a shining sequel through your fingers
