Space

Ancient galaxies caught in supermassive black hole's spider web © ESO/L Calçada/PA

Ancient galaxies caught in supermassive black hole’s spider web

Collision that led to existence of the Moon 'changed Earth's atmosphere' © NASA/Bill Ingalls

Earth lost 60 per cent of its atmosphere during asteroid impact thought to have created the Moon

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What is rocket science?

The Long March-5 rocket carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province © Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images

A history of rocket science

A Spire nanosatellite © Spire Global UK

UK-built nanosatellites set for launch

Mars: Oodles of facts, figures and fun questions about the Red Planet © JPL/NASA/STScI

Mars Oodles of facts, figures and fun questions about the Red Planet

Space junk: We don't know where over 75 per cent of orbital debris actually came from © Getty Images

Space junk We don't know where over 75 per cent of orbital debris actually came from

A biological polymer could be the perfect material to build tools and shelters on Mars

A biological polymer could be the perfect material to build tools and shelters on Mars

I will survive: Giant exoplanet intact after star's death © NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

I will survive Giant exoplanet intact after star's death

NASA’s interstellar mixtape: The art and music on the Voyager Golden Record © NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s interstellar mixtape The art and music on the Voyager Golden Record

Did we find signs of alien life in the clouds of Venus? Here’s what the experts say © JAXA / ISAS / Akatsuki Project Team

Did we find signs of alien life in the clouds of Venus? Here’s what the experts say

Life on Mars: The story of meteorite ALH84001 © Getty Images

Life on Mars The story of meteorite ALH84001

Possible signs of alien life detected in Venus’s atmosphere © ESO / M. Kornmesser / L. Calçada & NASA / JPL / Caltech

Possible signs of alien life detected in Venus’s atmosphere

Everything you need to know about space travel (almost) © Getty Images

Everything you need to know about space travel (almost)

Shoebox-sized satellites built in the UK to be launched this month © ESA

Shoebox-sized satellites built in the UK to be launched this month