A centrepiece of Prof Stephen Hawking’s theory of black holes states that black holes can only grow. Thanks to precision observations made with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

Since JWST’s launch four years ago, some mind-blowing observations have been made by this internationally operated, state-of-the-art, space-based super-telescope

Amazing answers to your curious questions

From stargazing as a child to presenting the iconic The Sky At Night , Dame Maggie Aderin, 57, tells us how she beat the odds to become a space scientist, and why life beyond Earth matters to all of us

DID YOU KNOW? JWST’s primary mirror weighs 705 kilograms ...

The elevator pitch made this trip sound very glamorous, but it’s nearing 43ºC and I’ve been stooping around in the desert for over an hour, eyes fixed on the arid earth. We’re in the Turkana Basin in