Space and astronomy

• Did black holes form before galaxies?

  Astronomers work on universe's chicken-and-egg problem.

  7 January 2009

• China builds inland Antarctic base

  Kunlun station to open later this month atop the frozen continent's oldest ice.

  6 January 2009

• Galaxies' collision history revealed - Premium content

  Massive mergers sparked bursts of star formation when the Universe was half its age.

  2 January 2009

• Year of the what? - Premium content

  Nature News rounds up who's celebrating their year in 2009.

  1 January 2009

• Year of astronomy: New eyes, new skies - Premium content

  The next 40 years will see telescopes that far outstrip any ever seen before. Jeff Kanipe profiles four of them; illustrations by Lynette Cook.

  31 December 2008

• IN BRIEF: NASA awards contracts to supply space station - Premium content

  31 December 2008

• IN BRIEF: First antenna switches on in the Atacama - Premium content

  31 December 2008

• Infrared telescope near its end - Premium content

  Spitzer will soon lose coolant and warm up too much to use.

  30 December 2008

• Whatever happened to &? - Premium content

  As the year draws to a close, Nature looks back on a selection of news stories to find out what happened next.

  30 December 2008

• Carbonate deposits found on Mars - Premium content

  Long-lost mineral could help explain planet's thin atmosphere.

  19 December 2008