Technological advances mean the vast resources in space will soon be within our grasp. But who will get the rights to the resources and, as Sean Blair asks, can you even own a piece of outer space?
Peter Davenport, Director of the National UFO Reporting Center in the US, speaks to Louise Ridley about taking the scientific approach to finding alien life
As the first piece of an asteroid is brought back to Earth in Japan's Hayabusa mission, it's been suggested that we could mine the worlds of the Solar System for useful materials and minerals. What's up there?
Gamma-ray bursts – or death stars – are the most violent events in the Universe. Robert Matthews asks if we've already been devastated by one, and what an explosion would do to us in the future.
With tourist trips to space on the horizon, living away from Earth may not be such a pipe dream. Stephen Baxter and other experts explain how we’ll go about colonising the final frontier in six easy steps.
In this month’s Focus, the cutting-edge methods that will solve Sherlock’s biggest mysteries PLUS Simulating alien worlds, revealing the secrets of conscious thought, exploring the Great Barrier Reef and more
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