Researchers of the ETH Zurich and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS have closely analysed the characteristics of cosmic dust based on laboratory experiments and measurement data collected by space missions.

CubeSats packed on Artemis 1 will target lunar ice-if their batteries don't fail them

There's something in the universe that seems to hold everything together, a dark matter like glue. We can't see it, and yet it's got to be out there, right?

Helicopters will serve as backup to using Perseverance rover for delivery

The robotic spacecraft unravels the history of the our galaxy's evolution - and could identify habitable regions of the Milky Way

The Emirates Mars Mission says it's a first: They have spotted a worm-like aurora that stretches halfway round Mars. It looks like our northern lights.

Scientists have grown plants in soil taken from the lunar surface. It's a sign that people could one day live on the moon, grow food and produce water.

The world's most powerful rocket will make a trip around the Moon in 2022 - a step towards landing people there in 2025, and part of the US Artemis programme.

Russia will move forward with lunar exploration without its European partners.

Mark Vande Hei, who is set to break the US single spaceflight record, will be riding a Russian capsule back to EarthRussia-Ukraine war.

Samples collected by Chang'e-5 are revealing exciting insights into the Moon's evolution.

The future of international space cooperation is being put to the test, as tensions mount between Russia and the rest of the world.

Tech tycoon Elon Musk has indicated he will protect the internet in Ukraine and the world from the International Space Station if it crashes to Earth. But how?

Last month, a private satellite tracking company spotted a Chinese spacecraft apparently grabbing and throwing a dead satellite away into a "graveyard" orbit.

The Parker probe is exploring the corona to help scientists better understand solar outbursts that can interfere with life on Earth

Jennifer Heldmann laughed when I pointed out that she used the word "unprecedented" five times in a recent paper.

The travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has published its annual northern lights photographer of the year collection with stunning images from 25 photographers. Coinciding with the northern lights season at the end of the year, it aims to share the beauty of this natural phenomenon

After climate change, the next 100-year threat is asteroids. But NASA's got a plan: A mission called DART. DW talks with the space agency's Thomas Zurbuchen.

Russia has acknowledged destroying a satellite in a missile test, as the US had reported. But the Kremlin denies creating a risk to others in space - and says the US is being hypocritical on space safety.

Privately funded Toliman telescope to be launched into low-earth orbit to search Alpha Centauri star system.

Agency says funding issues, along with delays tied to Bezos legal challenge, will push back first landing in a half century

The first female astronaut of color was African-American Mae Jemison - 30 years after the first men and white women flew in space.

Influential US Astro2020 panel recommends a space-based telescope operating from ultraviolet to near infra-red to be launched in the mid-2040s.

The actor who played Captain Kirk in the classic TV show is due to launch above Earth for real within hours.

Satellite observation has a critical role to play in climate policymaking.

NASA's next flagship space telescope, scheduled to launch in December after many years of delays, will retain its current name, the James Webb Space Telescope, despite the controversy surrounding its honoree.

The space race is heating up, but many legal issues are still open to debate.

Space tourism began in 2001 with Italian-American millionaire Dennis Tito. Decades later, it's still a preserve of the rich and essentially white.