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KILLER UNIVERSE

RELATIVELY SAFE IN OUR PROTECTIVE BUBBLE, SOME FORCES COULD END LIFE ON EARTH FOREVER. IS THE COSMOS OUT TO GET US?

HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE IN THE UNIVERSE?

WITH A FLEET OF: MISSIONS SCOURING THE COSMOS, WILL IT EVER BE POSSIBLE TO COME TO AN ESTIMATE?

PLANET PROFILE: URANUS

The ice giant that's shrouded in mystery has fascinated explorers for decades

HOW DID EARTH GET ITS WATER?

Moon rocks suggest that the water might have been here all along

FEDOR ŠIMKOVIC: BILLIONS OF THEM PASS-THROUGH US EVERY SECOND

The nuclear physicist and ESET Science Award laureate reveals what tantalising information neutrinos can tell us about the cosmos

GREATEST SPACE MYSTERIES

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE, ACCORDING TO ASTROPHYSICISTS, PLANETARY SCIENTISTS AND ASTRONOMERS

DISTANT TARGET ANALYSIS

When it comes to protecting Earth from impacts, it's crucial to know what asteroids are made of. NASA is working on a device to find out

DID MARS' DEEP INTERIOR CAUSE A LOSS OF ITS ATMOSPHERE?

A new study gives insight into how the Red Planet's magnetic field faded away

CANON 10x42L IS WP BINOCULAR

An outstanding choice for super-steady stargazing thanks to fabulous image stabilisation, a waterproof design and large objective lenses

PENTAGON LAUNCHES NEW UFO OFFICE

A new office in the Pentagon will investigate sightings of unidentified flying objects – but longtime extraterrestrial enthusiasts are sceptical

NASA ASTRONAUT VICTOR GLOVER “BEING IN SPACE IS LIKE LIVING A DREAM”

Serving as a pilot on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, the astronaut reveals the most scary thought that’s entered his head, his thoughts on spacewalking and returning to Earth during a pandemic

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE : WHAT DISTURBED A DISTANT STAR SYSTEM?

Astronomers are a step closer to understanding how our Solar System formed, all thanks to a chance encounter

HOW TO SPOT THE INTERNATIONAL

The International Space Station can be seen from Earth; You just need to know where and when to look

GALAXY PROFILE THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

This nearby dwarf galaxy is a satellite in orbit around our own

FINDING AND DEFINING EXOMOONS

As our catalogue of exoplanets grows, the hunt is on for moons around distant worlds

COMPLETE GUIDE TO NASA

IT’S AN ORGANISATION KNOWN THE WORLD OVER, WITH ITS AMBITIOUS GOALS INSPIRING OTHERS TO DREAM OF TRAVELLING AMONG THE STARS. HERE’S YOUR DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE HISTORY OF NASA

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SATURN

With its moon system, rings of dust and ice and occasionally tempestuous atmosphere, there’s more to this gas giant than meets the eye

COLD, DAMP MARS MAY HAVE HOSTED AN ANCIENT OCEAN

Northern parts of the Red Planet could have supported bodies of liquid 3 billion years ago

WHAT IS DARK MATTER MADE OF?

The phenomena may have come from quantum bags that got squished together in the early universe

MILLIONAIRE MOON TOURISM

Fancy a trip around the Moon? That’s what Space Adventures is offering to anyone able to afford the multimillion-dollar price tag

GOING BACK TO THE MOON

This year, NASA will take the first step in returning astronauts to the lunar surface

GENERAL RELATIVITY PASSES ITS TOUGHEST TEST YET

The theory, which Albert Einstein published in 1915, remains undefeated

WHAT IS A LIGHT YEAR?

How we measure vast distances across the universe

THE BIG BANG THEORY

It’s our best model of how the universe works, but where did it come from?

MATT ONDLER: 'WE WILL SEE IDEAS AND PRODUCTS WE CAN'T IMAGINE TODAY'

Axiom Space’s chief technology officer Matt Ondler on life after the International Space Station

ERUPTION SEEN ON ALIEN STAR FOR FIRST TIME

The outburst is about ten times more powerful than anything similar seen from our Sun

COMPLETE GUIDE TO EXOPLANETS

Our knowledge of worlds beyond the Solar System has exploded in the last three decades

BLACK HOLE IN MILKY WAY'S SATELLITE DEFIES EXPLANATION

Dwarf galaxy Leo I’s giant central area seems too big for such a small host

WHAT HAPPENS TO EARTH'S DISAPPEARING CRUST?

Scientists may have finally figured out the mystery of subduction zones

THERE'S A BARRIER AROUND THE MILKY WAY'S CENTRE

Astronomers discover an enormous, bizarre feature separating the centre of the Milky Way from the cosmic ray sea