Space

Man who broke the speed of sound jumping from space to Earth shares the one 'very alarming' moment he faced

Felix Baumgartner jumped from space and broke the speed of sound

European Space Agency built two satellites that fake solar eclipses on demand

A total faux total eclipse

This is what will happen after the International Space Station is destroyed in 2030

The ISS has served the world for nearly 30 years

Large unidentified object spotted from outside solar system the same day as it was in 'Independence Day'

Where’s Will Smith when you need him?

Orbital solar farms could beam clean power to Earth anytime and anywhere by 2030

Taking wireless charging to a new level

Jeff Bezos' satellite is lost in space after losing all power

No connection in the vacuum of space… what will happen?

24-year-old US woman has spent her whole life preparing to be the first person on Mars

As David Bowie said: Is there life on Mars?

Footage shows Honda’s 20.6ft reusable rocket successfully launch and land for the first time

It’s a hit a milestone

Space just got weirder as $10bn NASA telescope finds its first exoplanet in glowing debris rings

An incredible discovery

What caused Europe's Tenacious rover to crash on the Moon has been confirmed after investigation

The conclusion is in

Few moments were more iconic than a NASA space shuttle soaring over the Golden Gate Bridge on a 747

There are few more iconic NASA moments than the space shuttle Endeavour flying over the Golden Gate Bridge on the back of a 747 on its farewell journey. It was all part of the space shuttle Endeavour’s last journey before retirement, having completed 25 missions. That final journey saw the shuttle soar over many iconic […]

November 2026 will mark the first time in history a human-made object has travelled a light day away from Earth

“Space is big. Really big.”

NASA satellite dead since 1967 suddenly emits epic blast of energy out of nowhere

Is there anybody out there?

This 3,200-megapixel space camera is so powerful it’s already revealing secrets from the galaxy's edge

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just switched on its new space camera – the most powerful digital camera ever built. With a staggering 3,200 megapixels, this space camera is designed to capture more detail, from farther away, than anything that came before it. And it’s already delivering: the first images reveal clouds of interstellar […]

Artificial intelligence just decoded a black hole’s hidden signals and it’s more bizarre than we imagined

This supermassive black hole discovery is supermassive

European spacecraft built to carry astronauts is launching first with human remains from 150 people on board - and it's costing big money

A key test flight is imminent