All news on the topic: Space

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

Scientists from the Planetary Research Institute used NASA's MESSENGER probe to explore glaciers of salt on Mercury's north pole and speculate life forms could live under its surface

The first song heard in space was a Christmas hit. It was played nine days before Christmas Day in 1965, when two astronauts used instruments to play a classic festive tune after reporting they 'spotted a UFO' to Mission Control

The changing tilt of Saturn means that we're going to lose sight of the planet's most recognisable feature, but experts say it's only temporary – for now, at least

According to a new report published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, scientists have discovered a never-before-seen repeated radio burst called FRB 20220912A

The discovery of a planet thats more than 10 times heavier than Earth has prompted researchers to rethink everything they know about the Solar System

Fears have been shared powerful solar flares caused by changes to the sun's magnetic field could have ramifications to the Earth's internet access as well as satellites in orbit

Kim Jong-un posed with scientists and space workers at the National Aerospace Technology Administration after North Korea launched a military spy satellite into orbit

The intense particle ray, named after Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu, hit earth in 2021 with energy levels 244million times more powerful than some of the biggest accelerators ever made by humans

The discovery of two potential planets that could look like ours but much older has sparked discussion about what extra-terrestrial life could look like if it has evolved much longer than that of planet earth