Race to Venus: What we’ll discover on Earth’s toxic twin

Scientists want to return to Venus, so they can try to find out why it morphed from a pleasant planet … More

Is there a wormhole hiding at the centre of the Milky Way?

We talk to Dejan Stojkovic, professor of cosmology, about whether the black hole at the centre of our Galaxy might … More

Australia’s bushfires are still burning, with an estimated one billion animals killed, more than six million hectares of land turned … More

Delight the kids in your life by showing them the International Space Station – it looks just like Santa delivering … More

Amazingly, it is possible to see the spiral arms of Andromeda, our nearest galaxy 2.5 million light years away – … More

Winter is the best time to see the amazing phenomenon of the polar lights, when solar particles stream into Earth’s … More

Mercury is so tiny and close to the sun it can be tricky to see. But now it’s at its … More

Two of the brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, are in conjunction this week, meaning they appear to line up with … More

The Orionid meteor shower peaks over the UK between midnight and dawn tonight. If you’re going to try to see … More

Earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding and wildfires are nature at their most fierce and uncontrollable. But predicting when and where they might … More