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Antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two companion galaxies to our own Milky Way galaxy, can be seen as bright smudges in the night sky, in the centre of the photograph.

Space

What to read this week: Emma Chapman's mind-expanding Radio Universe

An imaginative and compelling book reveals how radio waves help us tune in to our universe – and even search for alien civilisations, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Culture

NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success

Space

NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success

News

Pet owner feeding his tabby cat.

Life

Tweaking the smell of cat food can encourage fussy felines to eat

News

Sci-fi show The Miniature Wife underwhelms – despite the big names

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Sci-fi show The Miniature Wife underwhelms – despite the big names

Culture

2R2EXK8 Cyborg woman face detail in dark space.Metaverse AI artificial intelligence data analysis technology.3d illustration.

Technology

Two excellent new sci-fi novels tackle robots in very different ways

Culture

Professor Sir John Pendry FRS, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Imperial College London, who has made seminal contributions to research in metamaterials and photonics, surface science, and disordered systems and localisation. Cloaking devices, perfect lenses and the super high-speed computer chips of the future are just some of the practical applications of Sir John's theoretical research.

Physics

The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

Features

Space

The most stunning pictures from Artemis II’s flyby of the moon

News

Space

The Artemis II astronauts have flown around the moon

News

Space

We may have seen a 'dirty fireball' star explosion for the first time

News

Space

Historic Artemis II launch sends astronauts bound for the moon

Four astronauts have begun a 10-day journey around the moon and back again, the first crewed flight to the moon since 1972

News

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The best new science-fiction books of April 2026

Culture

Space

Astronauts are ready to return to the moon on Artemis II mission

News

Space

I almost drowned in space when my helmet filled with water

Comment

Comment

Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

Culture