Location, location, location

Asteroids rich in rare elements could be harvested for their valuable contents, but the real worth may be in using them as interplanetary fuel stations

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Seeking answers to your science questions? Ask our resident expert, Peter Gallivan

Although it’s by no means certain, scientists are slowly accumulating evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet

This month, we’re taking a different approach. Instead of reviewing a preprint journal paper, we’re looking at a summary guide on how humans might terraform Mars. Prepared by Devon Stork and Erika DeB

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