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Space scientist Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is sure there is alien life out there – and she wants a chance to explore it

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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

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

There are some Really Big Things coming up in the world of exoplanets in 2026. Sadly, they’re not until the tail end of the year – tough for someone like me who struggles with patience. (True story: a