BriefGlo

Scientists are proposing an unusual place to search for extraterrestrial technology: the Moon’s dusty surface. Instead of looking for alien buildings or spacecraft, the research would investigate whether microscopic engineered particles could have survived in lunar soil for billions of years.

Building a permanent base on the Moon may require more than landing astronauts and constructing surface shelters. Natural underground caves could offer protection, but living beneath the lunar surface presents extraordinary engineering challenges.

Scientists have long suspected that ancient lava flows created enormous underground spaces on the Moon. Radar evidence now suggests that at least one lunar pit really does lead into a cave.

Life beneath Antarctic ice is changing how scientists think about habitability. Across the Solar System, frozen worlds may conceal enormous oceans — and potentially environments where life could survive.

Scientists have found extraordinary microbial and viral diversity in lakes sealed beneath Antarctica’s ice. The discovery reveals a hidden ecosystem — and offers clues about where life might survive beyond Earth.

Only six light-years away, Barnard’s Star is our nearest single stellar neighbour beyond Alpha Centauri — and astronomers have now confirmed four tiny planets around it.

Only 4.24 light-years away, Proxima Centauri is the closest star to our Sun. It is small, faint, surprisingly active — and has planets of its own.

The nearest star beyond the Sun is 4.24 light-years away. Could solar sails, nuclear propulsion or future technology ever carry us

Nearly 50 years after launch, Voyager 1 is still communicating with Earth from interstellar space. Here’s what the world’s most distant spacecraft is doing today.

The space between stars is not truly empty. It contains gas, dust, magnetic fields and energetic particles — and Voyager is already exploring it.