Answers to Space Science Questions

Cosmology and symmetry go hand in hand. If there are black holes, are there such things as white holes as well?

I know there have been many missions to the moon and it's incredible to think humans have walked on its surface!...

How does Jupiter's moon Io get the energy needed to heat it up?

Why do new planets have such terrible names?

Is the frozen water on the Moon, Mars or anywhere else in space drinkable?

What will the Event Horizon Telescope see?

What's so special about the size of the Earth that makes life more likely?

Would a mirror lightyears away in space show us our planet's ancient history?

If an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, but birds are dinosaurs, what the heck is going on?

What would have happened if Neil Armstrong had taken one giant leak for mankind?

...and where does the sky end?

Normally, when stuff collides, things fly apart from each other. So how did planets form in the first place?

Why don't you get thrown backwards when you switch on your torch? Kerstin Göpfrich found out from Dr Anna Lombardi.

Could a jaunt to Jupiter be the physics-version of anti-wrinkle cream?