INTERVIEW:  10:30 13 January 2010  | 10 comments

Alien invasions, four-armed ETs and the cosmic lottery – New Scientist talks to the founder of Project Ozma

16:55 12 January 2010  | 17 comments

Some NASA missions that need plutonium-238 fuel are already off the agenda, despite estimates that a shortage would not bite until after 2020

THIS WEEK:  14:38 11 January 2010  | 12 comments

They may not sparkle like Superman's Fortress of Solitude, but giant outcrops of pristine crystal have been found on our nearest neighbour

16:59 08 January 2010  | 27 comments

They have a greater proportion of dark to normal matter than larger ones, deepening a puzzle about where the universe's visible stuff is

21:04 07 January 2010  | 14 comments

Galaxies low in dark matter may be so diffuse that they float nearby, totally unseen

18:15 06 January 2010  | 13 comments

The cloud of comets that enshrouds the solar system may not be as diffuse or as massive as previously believed

18:00 06 January 2010  | 35 comments

Black holes are among the most famous beasts in the cosmic zoo – our beginner's guide explains how they work, where to find them, and why they matter

COVER STORY:  18:00 06 January 2010  | 57 comments

Did plasma jets squeezed from black holes fertilise the gas clouds that gave birth to stars? The antics of a "naked quasar" suggest they did

14:06 06 January 2010  | 20 comments

The halo of dark matter around our galaxy may be shaped like a squashed beach ball and sit at an odd angle – but why is a mystery

16:17 05 January 2010  | 17 comments

The Indian Space Agency is whittling down a list of pilots to find four "vyomanauts" to fly on its first manned space mission in 2015

23:21 04 January 2010  | 18 comments

In its first six weeks of operation, NASA's Kepler telescope discovered five planets – one with the density of polystyrene

17:21 04 January 2010  | 30 comments

Instead of collapsing into black holes, some stars may become as dense as the universe was less than a billionth of a second after the big bang

12:00 31 December 2009  | 8 comments

The most popular space stories of the year include a visualisation of what it would look like to fall into a black hole

22:26 23 December 2009  | 9 comments

Astronomers found water on the moon and saw the most distant object yet, but space radiation hit a record high and the Spirit rover struggled for life

20:07 23 December 2009  | 15 comments

The most popular physics stories of the year include a report on an artificial black hole and an investigation into the best way to slice a pizza.

NEWS PREVIEW 2010:  09:00 23 December 2009  | 56 comments

Fifty years ago next April, Frank Drake kick-started the modern search for extraterrestrial life at a radio telescope in West Virginia

22:48 22 December 2009  | 15 comments

Conventional theory says water ice should be concentrated in permanently shadowed craters near the poles, but that's not where it seems to be turning up

IN BRIEF:  16:10 21 December 2009  | 17 comments

Comets may be bombarding planets closer to the centre of the galaxy more heavily than Earth, making things tough for life

10:00 21 December 2009  | 100 comments

So far humans have only made it to the moon. We look at some technologies and wild ideas that could take us much farther

NEWS PREVIEW 2010:  14:09 18 December 2009  | 29 comments

Each of the three surviving orbiters will make their final flights, ending a dream that space exploration could become mundane