All news on the topic: Space

Someone moved the UK’s oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why.

Neither NASA nor its Russian counterpart agency ROSCOSMOS are yet to disclose why it was that the four astronauts were whisked to hospital after they touched down in Florida today

Elon Musk’s huge rocket sets off on test flight before upper stage splashdown and explosion in Indian Ocean

European Space Agency testing Paralympian sprinter to see how conditions in space would affect his prosthesis

Nasa’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who flew Starliner amid technical failures, will remain at ISS until February

The two astronauts were only meant to be in space for eight days, but due to technical issues they won’t return until 2025. Do they have enough supplies for such a stint, how are they coping mentally and what is day-to-day life like up there?

Rocket Factory Augsburg reports that an ‘anomaly’ caused the ‘loss of the stage,’ confirming no injuries occurred.

Satellite named Tyche to support armed forces operations as well as monitor natural disasters and impact of climate change

NASA’s ongoing flight tests of the Boeing Starliner manned spacecraft mark another milestone in its journey towards independence from Russian Soyuz services.

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