This rhyming children’s book could teach you all about particle physics and the universe

Whether you want to start your children’s interest in physics early or learn more about it for yourself, a new … More

Nasa wants to put a giant magnetic shield around Mars so humans can live there

It may be a dry and desolate world now, but Mars was once an active planet covered in oceans with … More

Mars was struck by mega-floods 3 billion years ago, images reveal

The surface of Mars is an intricate and varied landscape, telling the tale of billions of years of changing geological … More

Mysterious glowing ‘blob’ 10 million light years away could be hiding a giant black hole

A giant “blob” of gas has been found 10 million light years away – and astronomers are unclear about what … More

Astronomers spot a bizarre black hole that could unlock the secrets of how our galaxy formed

A link between the amount of material that can be seen spewing out of a black hole, and the brightness … More

If ghosts were real, Brian Cox claims CERN would have found them by now

There are countless conspiracy theories surrounding ghosts and paranormal activity, and while it shouldn’t need explaining to anyone who has … More

Ancient signals from the early Universe could unlock secrets of the Big Bang

For the first time, physicists have revealed what the gravitational waves produced at the start of our Universe would have … More

Genetically-modified humans: what is CRISPR and how does it work?

Targeted, genetic modification in humans is no longer in the realm of science fiction. Both the UK and US governments … More

This light-propelled probe could orbit exoplanets and hunt for alien life

Decades of research has shown it is theoretically possible to journey beyond our solar system in the hunt for alien … More

Theory claims to offer the first ‘evidence’ our Universe is a hologram

Despite how extreme the idea sounds, theories about the Universe being an illusion or a hologram aren’t new. Now, researchers … More