And the amount of space debris is not the only thing that matters. What can be done with it? Is recycling possible?

Astronomy is undergoing a revolution with the release of precision data on 1.7 billion stars in our galaxy from the Gaia space telescope. We head to the historic Observatory of Paris and ESA's ESTEC base in the Netherlands to find out more.

We meet a surfing scientist and toxic algae hunters to see how Sentinel-3 satellite data is used to study the coastline of the English Channel in this month's episode of Space.

Many scientists believe there could be life on the other moons and planets of our solar system. We report on the latest in astrobiology research from the Mars-like environment of the Rio Tinto in southern Spain.

#AskSpace: Astronaut Paolo Nespoli gives his views on how astronauts will handle the long journey to Mars.

euronews takes you on a 360 tour of Europe's astronaut training centre in Cologne.

#AskSpace: What's happening with ESA's village on the Moon concept? Answer from ESA astronaut Frank De Winne

A capsule carrying U.S., Russian and Italian astronauts from the International Space Station landed in Kazakhstan

The northern lights gave astronauts aboard the International Space Station a memorable view.

There were 68 reported sightings of the 'bolide' fireball in England, Wales and France

We look back to November 2014, when Rosetta's Philae probe landed on a comet

Aurora chaser Tony Bateman said he had “never seen anything quite on this scale.”

Multicoloured lights lit up the night sky in striking aurora displays over Finland

Is the ozone layer replenishing itself, how can we track pollution from industry, and is it possible to measure Earth's winds from orbit? We look into the mysteries of our atmosphere in Space.

The Voyager probes are deeper into space than any man-made object has ever gone before

For the first time scientists have detected gravitational waves, the ripples in space and time predicted by Albert Einstein, with light from the same cosmic event.