Astronomer Royal Martin Rees on whether the finite human brain can ever fully comprehend our universe 


Man’s first steps on the Moon seemed like the beginning of an extraordinary new chapter for humanity. But 50 years after the Apollo 11 space mission, our dreams of travelling further afield may never become a reality

A great debate has raged over what precisely this field can tell us. Ninety years later physicists still can’t decide

Physics has lost its way argues a prominent German scientist

There’s a taste of the sublime in the photograph of this extrasolar world

This admittedly catchy idea is undermining the integrity of physics

New calculations shed light on one of science’s great puzzles

Neutrinos raise questions faster than they answer them, but in science that’s a good thing

Physicists are reporting their creation

High-pressure science can produce surprises—as demonstrated by two recent discoveries

Penrose—who has now won the Nobel—is still defining the way we see the universe. But, asked Philip Ball in 2017, in today's world of ultra-specialised science, could a thinker of such breadth ever emerge again?

How Father Christmas delivers presents—the physics