All news on the topic: Space

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SpaceX launches Starship rocket and captures booster with giant metal arms
Elon Musk’s huge rocket sets off on test flight before upper stage splashdown and explosion in Indian Ocean
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John McFall aims to become the first astronaut with a disability
European Space Agency testing Paralympian sprinter to see how conditions in space would affect his prosthesis
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Watch live as billionaire embarks on the first ever private spacewalk
The world’s first commercial spacewalk is officially underway, headed by billionaire Jared Isaacman.
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has returned to Earth, but without its astronauts on board
Nasa’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who flew Starliner amid technical failures, will remain at ISS until February
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Two astronauts are stranded in space — how will they endure and make it through until 2025?
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?
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Rocket explosion during testing at the new UK spaceport in Shetland
Rocket Factory Augsburg reports that an ‘anomaly’ caused the ‘loss of the stage,’ confirming no injuries occurred.
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UK launches its first Earth-imaging military satellite
Satellite named Tyche to support armed forces operations as well as monitor natural disasters and impact of climate change
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The end of an era: The US prepares to sever space ties with Russia, threatening Roscosmos’s future
NASA’s ongoing flight tests of the Boeing Starliner manned spacecraft mark another milestone in its journey towards independence from Russian Soyuz services.
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'Spacecraft dust' from old satellites could 'weaken Earth's magnetic field'
Commercial satellite 'megaconstellations' such as SpaceX's Starlink network could potentially release enough 'spacecraft dust' to weaken Earth's magnetic field, a study warns
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Elon Musk's SpaceX avoids catastrophic explosion before losing ship in test
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
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Everything we know abou 2024 solar eclipse - path and when and where to watch
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
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Japanese rocket carrying government satellite explodes seconds into launch
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
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Gut-wrenching moment Columbia astronauts learnt they were about to die
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
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New photos show gigantic spots on surface of the sun - 93 million miles away
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
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Mysterious 'bluey-green light' seen plummeting at speed above UK town
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
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US spacecraft reaches lunar surface in historic mission and first since 1972
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
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Watch NASA's first ever Moon landing since 1972 today as Odysseus enters orbit
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
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Satellite to come crashing down to Earth after 30 years in space today
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
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'Huge meteor' with a 'flame tail' spotted jetting through UK skies
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
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'Dead' satellite to crash into Earth in days - but where it lands is a mystery
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'
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Stargazer takes incredible photos of space with £80 telescope he bought at Aldi
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
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Putin ‘preparing to launch a nuclear weapon into space’
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
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Celestial spectacles to light up the night sky in February with moonlit marvels
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'
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Ancient lake could be key to proving Mars had alien life, claim scientists
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
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Everything you need to know about the Wolf Moon - first full moon of 2024
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