Strange as it may sound, there’s technically no edge Our universe is constantly expanding and, based on observations in the last two decades, we think it’s getting faster and faster. That begs the question:...
The science behind the phenomena that causes the sky to glow in a rainbow of colours (Image credit: European Southern Observatory) Airglow is a photochemical reaction in the Earth’s atmosphere caused by electronically excited...
Could you be the one who discovers the next asteroid making its way towards Earth? Searching the skies The night sky is already abundant with faint specks of light, but somewhere among them is...
Meet Laika – the first animal in orbit – and the other 9 space pioneering species that paved the way for human spaceflight.
To find life on other planets we may need to study our own Finding life on other worlds is one of the great endeavours of our time. We’ve found dozens of planets beyond our...
Meet the man who coined the term ‘nova’ and calculated planetary motion before telescopes Few other naked-eye astronomers have plotted the movement of planets quite as accurately as Danish nobleman Tycho Brahe. His observations...
Everest has nothing on mighty peaks elsewhere in the Solar System… We marvel at Mount Everest, the highest peak on Earth at 8,848 metres (29,029 feet). Yet in comparison to some of the other...
How a matter-filled cloud turned into a flat, planetary system To find out why our Solar System is flat, we must first uncover its origins. Our Solar System formed from a huge, nebulous cloud...
Keep a look out for the annual meteor display that is hitting the sky. The Perseid meteor shower is one of amateur astronomy’s most awe-inspiring events. Every summer, from the middle of July to the end of...
How this invisible force shapes the universe While we are all familiar with gravity being the force that causes a dropped phone to clatter to the ground, Albert Einstein was the first to describe...
