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
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
Celebrate the moon with the best films, books and festivals
22 May 2019
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing is coming. In honour of that, here is the cream of the cultural highlights celebrating all things lunar
The moon revealed as an object of endless fascination and desire
22 May 2019
A rich book by Oliver Morton delves into science, poetry, art and sci-fi to create a dazzling paean to the past, present and future of the moon
14 great science and tech books to give as presents this Christmas
28 November 2018
From the true nature of time to the world's most extraordinary brains to why you should ditch social media, Culture picks the best books to give this year
