Found: a rocky exoplanet with an atmosphere — could it host life?
An artist’s impression of an exoplanet orbiting its star. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Scientists have discovered a rocky planet that…
Mathematics formula found on Maya wall rivals insights of ancient masters
The Maya temple Tikal in Guatemala is about one day’s walk from Xultun, where researchers discovered mathematical formula…
Save Hubble: the race to preserve the space telescope kicks off
Remnants of an exploded star, captured by the Hubble Space Telesope.Credit: NASA, ESA, and F. Summers, G. Bacon,…
Blue Origin rocket explosion rattles NASA’s mission to put humans back on the Moon
Buoyed by the successful Artemis II mission around the Moon in April, NASA has been ramping up its…
‘Make Pluto a planet again’? NASA chief revives debate that divides astronomers
Will Pluto become a planet again?Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Many of us are…
Why cosmology is more than a theory
Edwin Hubble found that distant galaxies travel away from Earth faster than nearer ones.Credit: New York Public Library/SPL…
what that means for the region’s space ambitions
The European Service Module, depicted on the left, provides propulsion and life-support systems for the Orion spacecraft.Credit: ESA-D.…
Artemis crew emerge from behind the Moon, see Earth ‘rising’
View of the Moon (and a sliver of Earth) from the Orion capsule just before the crew went…
Artemis II mission is about to fly humans to the Moon — here’s the science they’ll do
The astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission will see more of the Moon’s far side by eye than…
Alternative explanation for how celestial objects generate large-scale magnetic fields
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 28 January 2026 Numerical simulations provide a mechanism that explains how celestial objects such as stars…
this is the science that will be lost
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover poses for a selfie after drilling a sample from Cheyava Falls, the arrowhead-shaped rock…
Science in 2026: what to expect this year – Nature
Science in 2026: what to expect this year NatureAll the eclipses, supermoons, meteor showers and planets to spot in…