Why NASA is crashing a $300m spacecraft into an asteroid The DART probe is part of a mission to see if future collisions between asteroids and Earth can be stopped Space • 18 May
Can we look forward to living in space? Sci-fi capitalists would have us believe that outer space is just another empty space waiting to be turned into a tech utopia Space • 13 May
Space wars: how outer space became a military zone Many states have had their eyes on the skies with regards to military expansion into space for decades Military • 22 Mar
6 space and astonomy events to look out for in 2022 From telescopes and moon missions to the first Irish space probe, here's what's some of what's happening in deep-space this year Space • 13 Jan
How a giant planetary collision led to a gas explosion in space We know for the first time that planetary impacts can release large amounts of gas as well as dust Astronomy • 20 Oct 21
3D-printed rockets: the tech driving the private space race Space companies are now moving away from subtractive manufacturing processes – which remove material to shape a part – to additive manufacturing processes that build … Space • 20 Sep 21
Can space tourism become more than just a joyride for rich lads? The real excitement will occur when Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and Space X open their doors to more than just millionaires Space tourism • 20 Jul 21
How space travel poses a cancer risk for astronauts New research has found that genetic changes caused by space radiation are potentially dangerous and could lead to cancer Health • 15 Jul 21
How close are we to finding life beyond the solar system? More than 4,000 planets outside our solar system have been detected by astronomers to date. Astronomy • 05 Feb 20
How a 19th century Irish mathematician helped NASA into space William Rowan Hamilton's discovery of quaternions in Cabra played a revolutionary role in many of NASA's space missions Brainstorm • 16 Oct 19
To infinity and beyond: what's behind the new space race? Backed by billionaires not governments, a new space race is afoot and this one will open up a whole new frontier Space • 21 Feb 19
How to recreate Planet Earth with 90 grams of DNA Thanks to various scientific and technological breakthroughs, we're now at a stage where we could see the making of new worlds in the universe DNA • 19 Apr 18
How close are we to finding life on other planets? Opinion: thanks to the discovery in 2017 of four Earth-sized planets orbiting a star on our cosmic doorstep, the prospects of finding extra-terrestrial life within … Alien life • 21 Nov 17
