Space
Britain in space: Is the country ready for a giant leap?
The triumphs of 20th century space exploration were colossal. Will Britain play a role in the triumphs of the 21st?
Could Cornwall be the site of Britain’s first spaceport?
To Newquay—and beyond
Physics Nobel Prize-winner John Mather: Our history, and our future, is in the stars
"Space is where we are looking for hints about where we, and the whole Earth, came from"
Britain and space: the numbers
The industry is growing quickly in the UK, bringing new opportunities and potential for growth—but where, and how much? Prospect gives you the numbers
Britain's giant leap into space—Prospect's new supplement
Space—it's not all cold hard politics
Sam Gyimah: If the UK leaves Galileo programme it will cost the EU billions
The science minister on whether Britain will go it alone after Brexit
Yet another Brexit complication: will we have to leave the EU’s satellite programme?
Continued British participation in “Galileo” is not guaranteed
What's in Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis?
The paper, on the “big bang” theory of the universe, offers a glimpse into the scope and ambition of Hawking’s mind from his formative years
On the "Great American Eclipse"—and the beauty of an unexplained phenomenon
I could never have anticipated what would happen when I took my grandson, Max, to see his first eclipse
How old is life on Earth?
Once we determine that, we’ll better understand what the Trappist planets can tell us
Close encounters of the gooey kind
Two new films probe the existential angst of space travel and the alien other. They take their place in a well-established sci-fi school of philosophy
We’ve discovered an Earth-like planet—will it host life?
“Our world no longer looks quite so special”