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Ten years ago, Pluto emerged from the gloom at the Solar System’s ragged edge – and a new world came in from the cold. Five billion kilometres (3 billion miles) from Earth, on 14 July 2015, NASA’s pia

New model suggests Hawking radiation is speeding cosmic decay Scientists have long predicted that the Universe’s lifetime is effectively forever – specifically, 101100 years. But now scientists from R

What would you say if intelligent aliens came calling?

The world’s biggest digital camera telescope has started ...

I’m responding to an article by Pete Lawrence in the April 2025 issue, titled ‘Flora crosses the Leo Triplet’ (Big Three, in the Sky Guide), which spurred me to have a look for this minor planet. I al

NEARLY 50 YEARS ON FROM RIDLEY SCOTT'S SEMINAL SCI-FI, THE XENOMORPHS HAVE FOUND A NEW PLACE TO TERRORISE - OUR OWN, IN TV SERIES ALIEN: EARTH. AND DOWN HERE, EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM...