Space exploration
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Asteroid sample on way to Earth may help answer Big Bang questions
Speed Read Capsule of dust from Bennu will probably show signs of water and carbon: the building blocks of life
By Harriet Marsden Published
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How ‘underdog’ India beat rivals to the Moon
feature India’s arrival on the lunar surface has sparked mass celebrations across the nation
By Felicity Capon Published
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Dark side of the Moon: will the race to lunar South Pole spark conflict?
Today's Big Question Russia and India are competing for the ‘new lunar gold’ – but real contest will be between the US and China
By The Week Staff Published
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The Harvard and Papua New Guinea interstellar meteor row
feature ‘Bafflement and indignation’ from authorities after team of scientists claim recovered fragments may belong to alien spacecraft
By The Week Staff Published
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How can we get electricity from space?
feature Solar power harvested by satellites and beamed to Earth is no longer ‘just science fiction’, say scientists
By Arion McNicoll Published
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China launches new space crew ahead of 2030 moon expedition
In Pictures The Shenzhou-16 spacecraft is headed towards China’s space station
By Rebekah Evans Published
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Space tourists face sex bureaucracy
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Juice: the European space mission to find life on Jupiter’s moons
feature Three of Jupiter’s moons are home to large, underground oceans that could support life
By The Week Staff Published
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Rolls-Royce gets £2.9m for ‘James Bond’ Moon project
Speed Read British engineering giant tasked with creating a nuclear reactor to power a lunar base for scientists
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Why space experts want a new time zone for the Moon
Speed Read An international effort has been launched to create a commonly agreed lunar time
By Arion McNicoll Published
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Can China beat US in new space race to colonise the Moon?
Talking Point Beijing has announced plans to land astronauts on the lunar surface by the end of the decade
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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Milky Way’s neutron stars akin to a Ferrero Rocher praline
Speed Read Experts make a mouth-watering breakthrough to explain structure of stars
By The Week Staff Published
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Ancient microbes on Mars blamed for climate change
Speed Read Researchers suggest organisms may show that ‘common fate of life in the universe is to self-destruct’
By The Week Staff Published
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals ‘unprecedented’ views of Jupiter
In Pictures Scientists hope to look back over 13.5 billion years to the formation of the universe
By Richard Windsor Published
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