Space

What's the world record for staying in Space the longest? © Getty Images

Top 10: Heaviest spacecraft

Age of the Universe © Getty Images

How do we know how old the Universe is?

Forget rockets – a lunar elevator is the future of Moon travel © Alamy

Could we build an elevator to the Moon?

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What's inside the fifth dimension?

Photomultiplier tubes in Japan’s Super-Kamiokande detector facility, buried 1km underground, stand ready to pick up neutrinos generated 295km away in Tokai © Kamioka Observatory, ICRR (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research), The University of Tokyo

Where did all the antimatter go?

How you can see Jupiter in opposition tonight © Getty Images

How you can see Jupiter in opposition tonight

Dave Mackay, Virgin Galactic chief pilot

What it’s like to fly to the edge of space, according to Virgin Galactic’s pilot

How to see the Perseid meteor shower 2021 © Getty Images

How to see the Perseid meteor shower 2021 in the UK tonight

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Biological space race: NASA doctor reveals the future of genetically edited astronauts

Animal astronauts: Why other lifeforms will be crucial to humans living off Earth © Getty Images

Animal astronauts: Why other lifeforms will be crucial to humans living off Earth

How to see the full Buck Moon 2021 in the UK tonight © Getty Images

How to see the full Buck Moon 2021 in the UK tonight

Inside the simple computer program that could explain why the Universe exists at all © Tom Straw

Inside the simple computer program that could explain why the Universe exists at all

The mission that could spot a city on a planet in another solar system © The Aerospace Corporation

Inside the mission to spot an alien city by harnessing the Sun’s colossal gravity

Do the Sun’s rays get further apart from each other over distance? © Getty Images

Do the Sun’s rays get further apart from each other over distance?

Does anyone control where satellites are launched into space? © Getty Images

Does anyone control where satellites are launched into space?