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Stephen Hawking's final book suggests time travel may one day be possible

By Peter Millington

Are there extra spatial dimensions to shortcut space and time?

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Andromeda galaxy

Starry, starry night: Gaia satellite shines a light a billion stars in the Milky Way

Incredible new view is the most accurate 3-D Map of the Milky Way

By Staff Reporter

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Jupiter's cyclones revealed in stunning infrared video

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

By Staff Reporter

Stephen Hawking

Watch: Stephen Hawking explains what existed before the 'big, big bang'

The universe started off as a small singularity 13.8 billion years ago and has been expanding ever since but what came...

By Shubham Sharma

Jupiter twilight zone

Nasa captured this image of Jupiter's 'twilight zone' and it is breathtakingly beautiful

Nasa's Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter's cloud formations at its south pole, as it zoomed around Jupiter...

By India Ashok

Sagittarius A*

A star zooming really close to black hole at the heart of Milky Way will test Einstein's theory

The star, S0-2, is one of two that can travel closest to the Sagittarius A* black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

By India Ashok

WASP-39b

Nasa finds exoplanet that has three times more water than Saturn located just 700 light years away

The exoplanet known as WASP-39b has a mass equal to that of Saturn and has been classified as a "hot Saturn".

By India Ashok

Watch how the Curiosity rover was taught a new way to drill rocks on Mars

The main drill was not used for over a year and engineers MacGyvered a new way to use it.

By Immanuel Jotham

Signal from first stars in the universe

Dawn of the Universe: Newly found signals from the very first stars may rewrite cosmic history

The new discovery also provides clues that could revolutionise our understanding of the mysterious dark matter...

By India Ashok

Moon formation

New theory claims Moon was formed before Earth and emerged from a molten, doughnut-shaped cloud

A massive collision, doughnut-shaped clouds, and rock vapour all seemingly came together to form the Moon.

By Immanuel Jotham

Can Earth be hacked by aliens? Scientists say messages from space could destroy life as we know it

Astrophysicists suggest that aliens could transmit hazardous messages and launch cyberattacks to hack and shut down our...

By India Ashok

Enceladus

Could alien life exist on Enceladus? Scientists say earthly microbes could survive on Saturn's moon

Some hardy microbes, living in extreme conditions in the deepest parts of the Earth's oceans, could theoretically...

By India Ashok

Supermassive black hole bursts

Powerful black holes explosions may have transformed Neptune-like exoplanets into rocky super-Earths

By India Ashok

Scientists believe that impact from such supermassive black hole outbursts may...

Cimon robot

A space assistant? Cimon the 'floating' robot will join space station astronauts later this year

By Shubham Sharma

Cimon would simplify their routine tasks and serve as an early warning system...

Moon water

While there are mobile blackspots in the UK, the Moon will get 4G coverage next year

By Brendan Cole

The Moon will get its first mobile phone network next year after a deal between...

Atacama desert

Can life exist beneath the Martian surface? 'Weird' microbes found in Mars-like conditions could provide answers

By Shubham Sharma

Dormant subsurface microbes found on Earth could be present on Mars as well.

Proxima Centauri

Proxima Centauri: Intense stellar explosion may have wiped out life from Earth's closest exoplanet

By Shubham Sharma

The massive stellar blast was nearly 10 times brighter than our Sun's largest...

Milky Way halo stars

Are the stars surrounding the Milky Way alien space invaders or were they booted out of the galaxy?

By India Ashok

A new study suggests that stars orbiting the Milky Way were formed within the...

Neutron stars

What makes neutron stars shine so bright? A star 28 million light years away provides new clues

By India Ashok

Scientists found a fourth ultraluminous X-ray source, which they identified as...

Asteroid whizzed past Earth

Another asteroid just passed between the Earth and Moon for the 17th time this year

By Immanuel Jotham

The Earth has seen a large number of asteroid visitors lately.

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Tiangong-1

Tiangong-1: Out-of-control space station will crash to Earth between March and April

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Hiring with conviction: Give former prisoners a decent chance in the workplace

By James Reed

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