Ever gazed at the night sky and wondered what’s up there? With more stars in the Universe than there are grains of sand on all of…
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This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children of all ages. The Conversation is asking young people to send in questions they’d like…
The age old question of whether Mars has ever supported life is the focus of the latest research from scientists at The Open University (OU). With…
In 1998 two meteorites fell to earth, and on them were minuscule sapphire-coloured salt crystals. Now, 20 years on, science lab equipment is finally powerful enough…
The dream of a human habitat in orbit about the moon came a step closer on September 27, when NASA and the Russian space agency (Roscosmos)…
My favourite science news is the stuff that changes the way I think about the world and our place in the universe. Many dinosaurs were covered…
OU PhD student, Jack Wright has been given the honour of naming a 120km diameter crater on Mercury which he identified through his mapping of a…
There have been many discoveries of potentially habitable planets orbiting stars other than our own over the last few years. Now things are getting even more…
Researchers at the European Space Operations’ Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, had another one of those nervous days – waiting to hear first from a probe designed…
Dr Manish Patel was inspired by space at a young age; venturing out in the middle of the night stargazing with his dad and his telescope.…