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Commercial satellite 'megaconstellations' such as SpaceX's Starlink network could potentially release enough 'spacecraft dust' to weaken Earth's magnetic field, a study warns

SpaceX launched its third test flight of the Starship spacecraft, the world's most powerful rocket, from it's 'Starbase' in Boca Chica, Texas, hoping to reach speeds that will get the craft into orbit

Only a few people have experienced a total solar eclipse, but this year offers Americans the unique experience to see the phenomenon in its full glory before Earth sees the ''path of totality'' hit land once more in 2026

A Japanese rocket launched to send an experimental government satellite into space exploded just seconds after take-off, turning its launch pad into a giant fireball

Twenty-one years ago, seven astronauts aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia tragically died as the craft descended back to Earth after a 16-day mission in space

Huge spots on the sun can be seen all the way from planet Earth as new photos of the giant gaseous ball are released, with the rare spots on the surface showing where the temperature is lower

Stuart Armour has told how he and his son spotted the strange light in the sky above Kilmarnock town centre and captured it on his car's dashcam - without any idea of what it could be

The mission saw the colaboration of a number of companies including Elon Musk's SpaceX and NASA. It marks the the first successful US landing on the moon since the height of the Cold War Space Race

NASA and private company Intuitive Machines are working together to try and achieve a successful Moon landing this week - here is everything you need to know about the mission

After almost three decades in space, the ERS-2 satellite, launched into the stars back in 1995, is set to come burning down to Earth today - thought to be around 3.30pm GMT

A "fireball meteor" was seen jetting over eastern England this evening, including Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, with Brits taking to social media as they reported seeing a "green" blur

Scientists have admitted they have no idea where a satellite due to crash into Earth in the next few days is going to land - but say it will 'break up into pieces'

Physics teacher Stephen McAllister has captured images of solar systems millions of light years away using only his mobile phone and an £80 telescope he bought in Aldi

Sources have suggested Vladimir Putin is preparing to target satellites in space with nuclear weapons. The claims however, have been dismissed by a spokesman for the Russian president

February's celestial lineup promises a stargazing extravaganza with a new moon's dark enchantment, a cosmic trio of moon, Jupiter, and Orion, and a captivating 'Micromoon'

A recent study of a lake bed in the Jezero crater, on Mars, by NASA's Perseverance, has found that it at one point may been filled with water, with sediments inside possibly providing evidence of earlier life forms

The Wolf Moon will light up our skies tonight at around 6pm - but space enthusiasts will have to keep an eye out at a specific time if they want to see it

University boffins studied NASA data to find dozens of new planets similar in size to Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune after searching a sample of 1.4 million stars.

The giant black hole is a few million times the size of the Sun, and scientists say its size suggests it was 'born big' because of its scale so early in the universe

The new planetary system was discovered around the star HD88986, which has a similar temperature to the Sun with a slightly larger radius

The stones were found near an ancient Rupinpiccolo protohistoric hill fort in northeastern Italy, with subtle markings that archaeologists believe correspond to the positions of 28 bright stars.

Researchers from the University of California San Diego studying starburst galaxies looked at the circular waves picked up by the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and believed they could help provide answers

The Peregrine spacecraft, a lunar lander produced by Astrobotic as the company attempts to reach the Moon, has experienced a technical failure that could prevent it from achieving its objective

The Vulcan rocket carrying the Peregrine lunar lander in its debut flight and marking the first US lunar landing attempt in over 50 years, has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral

The Quadtrantids is a meteor shower that peaks in the first few days of January, and will be most visible this year between the evening of January 3 and the early morning of January 4