Space

How many stars are in the Milky Way? © Getty Images

How many stars are in the Milky Way?

NASA and ESA unveil bold new plans for the future of space exploration © Airbus

ESA and NASA unveil bold plans for the future of space exploration

No, an asteroid probably won’t smash into Earth the day before the US elections, and here’s why © Getty / Mark Wilson

Reality Check No, an asteroid probably won’t smash into Earth the day before the US elections, and here’s why

How can I see the Perseid meteor shower? © Getty Images

How can I see the Perseid meteor shower?

How can I see the Draconid meteor shower tonight?

How can I see the Draconid meteor shower tonight?

Could you walk on a neutron star? © Getty Images

Why is a neutron star so heavy?

2020 Nobel Prize in physics given to black hole researchers © Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.

2020 Nobel Prize in physics given to black hole researchers

The next giant leaps: The UK missions getting us to the Moon © Acute Graphics

The next giant leaps The UK missions getting us to the Moon

Can life exist around a black hole? © Magic Torch

Can life exist around a black hole?

First-look data from the Solar Orbiter could reveal new 'wonders' about the Sun © ESA/Medialab

First-look data from the Solar Orbiter could reveal new ‘wonders’ about the Sun

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