Space

Methods used to study asteroids and planets could be used in a new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease – potentially before clinical symptoms develop

Astronauts report their tastes change in space which reduces their appetite and nutrition, so researchers are creating pioneering space food for long-term missions

We don’t know the mass of dark matter particles, so researchers are developing new techniques to look for new, lighter types

Detailed pictures of one of the first galaxies show growth in the early Universe was much faster than first thought

Researchers are replicating the cold vacuum of space to study how interstellar molecules are produced and what they’re made of

Australian research on plants and food for space could provide vital fresh, nutritious and delicious meals for astronauts on Moon and Mars missions

A dark matter laboratory at the bottom of a gold mine in rural Victoria could make one of the biggest scientific discoveries ever – proving the existence of dark matter

Scientists have captured the first direct images of a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way - but what does it tell us?

In 2019, astronomers captured the first ever image of a black hole. Around it is the Event Horizon, where space and time bend. It’s an amazing picture, but is it art?

Unfolding spacecraft, artificial gravity, and space disease all feature on Netflix’s series ‘Away’, but how much of the action is true to life?