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Taurus, the bull, is our focus this week. One of the oldest constellations to be recognised in its modern form, it was recorded as the bull…

Paul Nurse is a turn up for the books. A Nobel prize-winning geneticist, former director of the Francis Crick Institute and erstwhile head of Rockefeller University…

Nasa has announced when it will commence its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station after an astronaut fell ill with a “serious” but undisclosed…

Number enthusiasts may be looking to the new year with a touch of melancholy. Another perfect square like 2025 (452 = 2,025) won’t occur again until…

As unmissable as new year’s fireworks, the wolf moon held the heavens for the first few nights of January, casting an unearthly radiance over everything, night almost…

Manoel Dixon had just finished dinner one night last May when a phone dinged nearby with a Facebook message.Dixon, 26, was at his family’s hunting camp…

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Nature, Published online: 09 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04148-4What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild…

CLIMATEWIRE | President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the world’s overarching treaty on climate change in a move that escalates his attempts to…

Islands in InfinityDerek Ward-Thompson et al. London Stereoscopic (2025)This spectacular book of photographs of the Universe is dedicated to the late astronomer and broadcaster Patrick Moore,…