World

Mission accomplished: Rosetta crash crowns ESA's historic achievement

The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission has come to a close with success after crash landing hits target

30/09/2016

Sci-Tech

'Commencing countdown' astronauts prepare for blast off

French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is going for a swim, but this is one dip with a difference. Pesquet is taking his last training session in NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Cente

29/09/2016

World News

Water on Jupiter's moon Europa? But why should I care?

27/09/2016

World News

Microbes and the meaning of life?

Researchers in Japan are hoping microbes from Space could hold the secret to the origins of life on Earth.

21/09/2016

Argentina

'Giant meteorite' unearthed in northern Argentina

An excavating team in Argentina have unearthed a rock weighing over 30 tonnes it is thought could be one of the world’s largest meteorites.

14/09/2016

USA

Queen singer Freddie Mercury honoured on 70th birthday

An asteroid has been named after the late Freddie Mercury.

08/09/2016

Sci-Tech

Philae: a space odyssey with a happy end

After nearly two years missing in action, Rosetta's small lander Philae has finally been located in a shadowed spot on the comet 67-P - also known as Churyumov Gerasimenko - just three weeks before th

08/09/2016

World News

See the first images of Jupiter from Juno

They were taken last Saturday when the probe had completed the first of 36 orbital fly-bys of the massive planet.

03/09/2016

USA

Is anyone out there? Mysterious radio signal sparks alien speculation

A mysterious radio signal picked up by a Russian telescope was probably not sent by aliens but astronomers in California are checking it out, anyway.

31/08/2016

World News

Earth-like planet on our cosmic doorstep

Just 40 trillion kilometres away – not so far in astronomical terms – a potentially habitable planet has been found by scientists.

24/08/2016

Sci-Tech

NASA's latest launch - to bring back 'scientific treasure'

NASA is counting down to their OSIRIS-REx mission (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer), aimed at bringing samples back from a near-Earth…

24/08/2016

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The Perseid meteor shower at its peak

The annual Perseid meteor shower peaked on Thursday night into early Friday.

12/08/2016

USA

Commercial space tourism moves closer to reality as Virgin Galactic gets FAA licence

Richard Branson’s dream of commercial space tourism is a step closer to reality.

02/08/2016

Next Series

Growing food in space: A tale of rats, algae and tomatoes

Is it possible to produce food to eat and air to breathe while in space?

19/07/2016

World News

Soyuz craft docks at International Space Station

Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station where its 48th mission is underway.

09/07/2016

World News

Mutinational three-member crew heads for Space Station in next generation Soyuz capsule

A three member multinational crew has blasted off from Kazakhstan on the debut flight of a next generation Russian Soyuz capsule, headed for the International Space…

07/07/2016

World News

See first pictures of Jupiter from NASA's Juno probe

NASA scientists have been celebrating confirmation of the arrival of the Juno probe at Jupiter.

05/07/2016

USA

Juno meets Jupiter as crucial orbit manoeuvre looms

It is fingers crossed time at NASA as the Juno spacecraft enters a crucial phase of its Jupiter mission.

04/07/2016

Russia

Technical hitch delays first rocket launch at Russian cosmodrome

Russia’s space agency has been left red faced, after a last-minute technical hitch forced it to delay the inaugural launch of a Soyuz rocket from its

27/04/2016

World

Raising young peoples' eyes to the stars

Beating off bears or bringing the secrets of the universe into primary schools; just two of the challenges astronomers face when passing on their knowledge to the next generation of stargazers.

15/04/2016