NASA’s UFO team discusses its findings publicly for the first time
31 May 2023
A NASA group that formed around a year ago to study unidentified aerial phenomena held its first public meeting ahead of a report expected in the next few weeks
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Alien messages responding to NASA signals could reach us by 2029
2 May 2023
Radio signals sent to NASA spacecraft could have already reached four neighbouring star systems, and if any aliens tried to respond, we might hear from them within a few years from now
How are the atoms that form us forged across the universe?
10 March 2023
For decades researchers have studied how heavy elements are produced in the cosmos – but there is still so much mystery to unravel, says astrophysicist Artemis Spyrou
SpaceX launches Starlink V2 satellites to increase internet capacity
28 February 2023
A new generation of Starlink’s internet satellites will orbit at low altitudes and eventually re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, limiting the amount of clutter in orbit
How to see the northern lights in the UK tonight
27 February 2023
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, were seen as far south as Cornwall in the UK on Sunday night, and are likely to be visible again on Monday night. Here is how to spot them, says Stargazing at Home columnist Abigail Beall
Australia’s first rocket is set to launch into space in April 2023
20 November 2022
The Eris rocket developed by Australian company Gilmour Space will be the first Australian system to go into orbit if it successfully launches next year
Shocking images show scale of megadrought devastation in North America
19 October 2022
The megadrought in south-western North America is the worst in more than 1000 years. These images from space reveal how much the severe dry spell is changing the landscape
Strange hexagonal diamonds found in meteorite from another planet
12 September 2022
Diamonds found in four meteorites in north-west Africa probably came from an ancient dwarf planet, and they are expected to be harder than Earth diamonds
The number that is too big for the universe
9 September 2022
TREE(3) is a number that turns up easily from just playing a simple mathematical game. Yet, it is so colossally large that it couldn't conceivably fit in our universe, writes Antonio Padilla
Mysterious light may come from the largest molecules found in space
28 July 2022
The wavelengths of light emitted by large molecules called fullerene-metal complexes in the lab match up with unexplained infrared signals from space
