LATEST NEWS
Galactic recluse has friends after all
00:14 21 November 2008
A revised distance for a galaxy thought to be a loner shows it actually has neighbours - a fact that explains its stellar baby boom
Vast stores of water ice surround Martian equator
19:30 20 November 2008 | 7 comments
Underground glaciers around the planet's midsection contain the largest deposits of ice outside the polar regions
It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations
19:00 20 November 2008 | 30 comments
The apparently solid stuff is no more than fluctuations in the quantum vacuum, fiendishly complex calculations confirm
Water recycler and beds installed on space station
23:30 19 November 2008 | 2 comments
The work will pave the way for the station's crew size to double to six next year
'Interplanetary internet' passes first test
21:47 19 November 2008 | 3 comments
Images were sent between a NASA probe and Earth in the first test of an internet-like data transmission system for space
Mysterious electrons may be sign of dark matter
18:30 19 November 2008 | 16 comments
A balloon-borne experiment in Antarctica detected a high number of energetic electrons from space that may be the signature of dark matter
Why the universe may be teeming with aliens
18:00 19 November 2008 | 65 comments
Hunting for a planet that can support life? There's more to it than looking for Earth's distant twin, says David Shiga
Why Europe should build its own crewed space vehicle
10:13 19 November 2008 | 14 comments
How can the International Space Station live up to its name if a major contributor doesn't have the means to get there, asks Piers Bizony
New report lists NASA's biggest challenges
20:37 18 November 2008 | 6 comments
NASA's independent oversight office lists the agency's five top challenges - what to do about the shuttle tops the list
China denies attempting to get US space data
18:28 18 November 2008 | 12 comments
The denial comes a day after a physicist in the US pleaded guilty to illegally exporting data for space launch vehicles to China
PHYSICS
Quantum effects bring no solace for physicists
Quantum uncertainties in space-time will make it impossible to ever know for sure that all of nature's forces were once unified
EXPLORING MARS
Sun shines on future Mars colonies
Despite problems with NASA's Phoenix lander, the Sun's rays could match nuclear power for powering a human base on Mars, say energy specialists
SPECIAL FEATURE
The most extreme life-forms in the universe
These creatures set records for surviving in the most inhospitable environments on Earth - their existence bodes well for finding extraterrestrial life
SPECIAL FEATURE
Moving the Earth: a planetary survival guide
The Sun is slowly heating up, and in a billion years the oceans will begin to evaporate - moving the Earth is our only hope for survival
