Tiangong: astronauts are working on China's new space station — here's what to expect By Gareth Dorrian, Ian Whittaker Three astronauts on China's new space station have performed the country's first spacewalk and are busy configuring the module for future crews.
From iron rain on exoplanets to lightning on Jupiter: four examples of alien weather By Ian Whittaker The continuing research with exoplanets involves trying to identify their atmospheric composition, specifically to answer the question of whether life could exist there.
SpaceX vs NASA: Who will get us to the moon first? Here's how their latest rockets compare By Gareth Dorrian, Ian Whittaker No-one has visited the Moon since 1972. But with the advent of commercial human spaceflight, the urge to return is resurgent and generating a new space race.
From Space Force to Artemis: What a Joe Biden presidency may mean in orbit and beyond By Ian Whittaker, Gareth Dorrian So how is space exploration likely to change going forward?
Comet Neowise: An increasingly rare opportunity to spot an icy wanderer with the naked eye By Gareth Dorrian, Ian Whittaker Neowise is the first bright comet to be visible with the naked eye from the northern hemisphere since the mid-1990s.
Four amazing astronomical discoveries from ancient Greece By Gareth Dorrian, Ian Whittaker Almost as interesting as what they knew, however, is what they did not know.
Life on Mars? Europe Commits to Groundbreaking Mission to Bring Back Rocks to Earth By Gareth Dorrian, Ian Whittaker It will be one of the most daunting, complicated and, potentially, scientifically rewarding missions ever undertaken to the red planet.
Space May Soon Become a War Zone — Here's How That Would Work By Gareth Dorrian, Ian Whittaker At an upcoming summit in early December, NATO is expected to declare space as a "warfighting domain," partly in response to new developments in technology.
NASA Wants to Send Humans to Venus, to Live in Airships Floating on Clouds By Gareth Dorrian, Ian Whittaker But how is such a mission even possible?
Five Reasons to Forget Mars for Now and Return to the Moon By Ian Whittaker, Gareth Dorrian Hopes of colonizing Mars rest on the premise that we could terraform the red planet, making it habitable for humans with a breathable atmosphere and clement temperatures.
Even a Kid Can Prove the Earth Is Round: Here's How By Ian Whittaker You don't need to build a rocket, like "Mad" Mike Hughes, to prove the Earth isn't flat – here's the simple science.
