Why is an extreme gamma-ray source behaving so strangely? Researchers are assessing what's behind unusual behaviour in the Cassiopeia constellation involving the changing brightness of stars Space • 14 Nov
The maths behind soft moon landings Recent events highlight how difficult it is to achieve a safe ('soft') and successful lunar landing, but without it, all else fails Space • 16 Oct
How excited should we be by hints of life on distant planet? The James Webb Telescope has found that a planet 124 light years away might host a water ocean Space • 14 Sep
Why we're so fascinated by Mars Mars holds sway over other destinations in space so why are we so drawn to the planet? Space • 24 Aug
All you need to know about Euclid's six year space mission The space telescope's mission is to survey the dark universe and probe the nature of dark matter and dark energy Space • 05 Jul
Here are the space events to look out for in 2023 Look up for a grand parade of rockets, comets, meteor showers, people going to the Moon, samples from Mars and much more Space • 10 Jan
4 ways to spot hints of alien life using the James Webb Telescope The telescope allows us to spot starlight-absorbing gases, which might indicate the presence of life on distant planets Astronomy • 14 Nov 22
New views of our universe from the James Webb Space Telescope Images from the James Webb Space Telescope herald a new era in astronomy and illuminate the hidden workings of the Universe Astronomy • 12 Jul 22
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 22
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 22
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 22
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 22
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
