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

Prof Paul Davies suggests viruses may form vital part of ecosystems on other planets

The drive for more women and greater diversity in the space sector will lead to new ideas and innovations, from spacesuits to toilets and beyond.

Separate collisions of a neutron star and a black hole are detected in a short space of time.

Change.org effort that says 'billionaires should not exist' has gathered tens of thousands of signatures

It's got a bigger space budget than ever before but does the EU have the necessary ambition to match?

Professor Heino Falcke discusses how our discovery of the black hole feeds our hunger for looking further, for collaboration, and for hope.

Juno passed within 645 miles of Ganymede, the closest any spacecraft has come to the moon since 2000.

Researchers from Israel, Switzerland, Britain and other non-EU countries may be allowed to join the EU's quantum and space research projects, under a deal between representatives of member states and the European Commission reached this week. The agreement could end months of uncertainties around international participation in sensitive R&D projects in Horizon Europe, the EU's new €95.5 billion R&D programme.

Stunning images as Nasa's Perseverance continues its mission to seek signs of past microbial life.

A task force will share data it collected on unusual flight phenomena with Congress. UFO enthusiasts rejoice. But a German expert with decades of research under his belt doesn't believe aliens have ever been to Earth.

Hundreds of bits of rocket, space stations and satellites have returned to Earth since the 1960s. They are often dumped at sea. How sustainable is that?

Osiris-Rex has been flying around the ancient asteroid since 2018 and collected nearly a pound of rubble last fall

American geneticist Chris Mason says we have a moral duty to preserve life in all its forms. He proposes a 500-year plan to hack life and survive on Mars.

US agency accuses Beijing of failing to meet expected standards regarding its space debris

It's impossible to predict when and where China's Long March 5 rocket, a CZ-5B, will crash down to Earth. But it will. The question is: What's the risk?

NASA's newest rover recorded audio of itself crunching over the surface of the Red Planet, adding a whole new dimension to Mars exploration.

Katherine Johnson, a NASA trailblazer, dies at 101.

Flying closer than any other mission, spacecraft set to unravel the sun's mysteries