Ancient stardust sheds light on the birth and explosive deaths of the Universe’s very first stars

Astronomers have peered back more than 13 billion light years to find a huge mass of glowing stars – the … More

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

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

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

Was Einstein wrong? Controversial theory claims the speed of light is not a constant

A potentially divisive theory suggests Einstein may have been wrong to say the speed of light is a constant – and … More

Planets, black holes, quasars and more: space terms explained

Space is a fascinating place, filled with unimaginably large and complex structures often undergoing dramatic changes. These can teach us … More