Extreme velocities and temperatures makes the return flight to Earth the most perilous part of a space mission.
NASA's latest Mars rover is set to be launched into space from Cape Canaveral in Florida. It's headed on an ambitious mission to search for ancient...
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious stream of ancient stars at the distant edges of the galaxy: a strange stellar breed so unlike any we've seen before,...
Imagine your workplace was somewhere a long way from home. Outside is a hostile, dangerous environment, filled with heavy machinery, and surrounded by emptiness in every...
Not all ice ages are equally brutal. In the most extreme glaciation events known to science, ice stretches out from Earth's polar regions and extends all...
Have you been gazing aimlessly up into the sky lately?
Research suggests standard definition of life may be too restrictive for complexities of space
Perseverance mission aims to land on crater to search for possible microbial Martians
Elon Musk's growing constellation of internet satellites has been sending streaks of bright light across night skies around the world. Even the biggest comet to pass...
Ian Sample speaks to marine biologist Prof Maoz Fine about his surprising research on the relationship between increasing ocean temperatures and the Red Sea’s coral reefs