3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (625+ words) We assume the Universe looks broadly the same no matter where you are or which way you look. A study is throwing that assumption into doubt. When scientists say that the Universe is isotropic, it means that on the largest…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (962+ words) Astronomers have found an enormous proto-supercluster 5,000 times bigger than our Galaxy Astronomers have peered back into the early Universe to a time shortly after the Big Bang and discovered an enormous, gargantuan cosmic structure taking shape. Located in a region…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (587+ words) Analysis of 79 ‘solar twins’ suggests we’re different – but not special We’re not special. If astronomy has taught us anything over the last few centuries, it’s this: rather than being the centre of the Universe, we live on a perfectly everyday…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (461+ words) Planetary defence scientists caught an asteroid smashing into Earth off the coast of Australia this week – and only had a 6-hour warning that it would impact. On Sunday, September 6, 2026, automated tracking telescopes at the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona, USA picked…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (317+ words) Study examines whether microbes might survive the journey between Earth and Venus A study suggests that microscopic life blasted off Earth by asteroid impacts could have reached Venus’s atmosphere over billions of years – raising the possibility that any life in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (426+ words) NASA's Perseverance rover’s discovery of widespread complex carbon on Mars adds fresh clues to the hunt for past life Scientists have confirmed one of the most extensive detections yet of complex organic carbon on Mars, found in mudstones in an…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1668+ words) If dark matter is invisible and can't be detected, why are scientists spending so much time and money searching for it? Modern physics has a big problem. All the stars, galaxies, gas clouds and planets we can see account for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (912+ words) A mile underground, the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is hunting for dark matter Deep beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota in the US, locked inside a cavern nearly a mile underground, an extraordinary experiment is hunting for dark matter. And it…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (640+ words) Is human spaceflight a waste of money and resources? In his book Lunacy, philosopher Ben Bramble considers 10 ‘false’ pledges of the new Space Age – this era of Blue Origin, SpaceX and private entities aspiring to see millions of humans not…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (436+ words) How to see today's blood Moon lunar eclipse If you're out looking at the lunar eclipse this morning – or tonight, depending on where you're observing from – here are some quick tips to help you make the most of it. The…...