Physics
Ancient maps of Jupiter’s path show Babylonians’ advanced maths
A forgotten tablet has cracked a long-standing mystery about strange notations on other tablets - and shown ancient Babylonians used precursors to calculus
News
Earth
Record-breaking double star may be cannibalising itself
News
Space
Lonely exoplanet orbits its star at greatest distance yet seen
News
Earth
How Planet Nine may have been exiled to solar system’s edge
News
Space
From Africa to the stars: Why Ethiopia needs a space programme
Opinion
Space
We’ve found the brightest ever supernova but can’t explain it
News
Space
Famous Wow! signal might have been from comets, not aliens
News
Space
Migrating giant planets might eat their own life-friendly moons
News
Space
Giant galaxy caught tearing apart its little neighbour
News
Space
As lights block out the night sky, help measure the damage
On the second of the 12 days of CultureLab, Debora MacKenzie tells of how light pollution in the sky is making it harder to see the wonders of the Milky Way. Why not help record the damage?
Culture
Physics
First glimpse of lost library of Elizabethan polymath John Dee
News
Life
Star Wars universe passes real-world test for alien head count
News
Space
Public vote renames planets after gods, monsters and scientists
News
Space
Stargazing through the bottom of a glass
Features