Radio revolution

The year 2025 has been a vintage one for astronomy. In January, we were hooked on reports of a building-sized asteroid on course to collide with Earth. The risk was quickly downgraded from worrying to

IF OCEANS ARE THE FINAL FRONTIER, WILL THE ELON MUSK AND JEFF BEZOS SPACE RACE BE A GOOD OR BAD THING FOR OFFSHORE SAILORS?

Astronomers are now regularly detecting planets thousands of light years from Earth – but have we missed one in our own Solar System?

The Saudi Crown Prince wanted to reinvent urban living with his “linear city” stretching 170km across the desert. But with construction on The Line having already stalled, many are asking if the project was ever remotely feasible.

Measuring time using the Earth’s rotation was always an imprecise business, so now we do it using the ‘tick’ of an atom

EXPLORING THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AS A CELESTIAL NAVIGATOR TURNS INTO A THREE-YEAR QUEST FOR A LITTLE-VISITED ARCHIPELAGO, BY KATE SCHNIPPERING