Space launches are increasing and the rockets are getting bigger. But there can be some major environmental consequences when things don't go to plan.
Science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains why the explosion is a setback for space exploration.
Humanity’s artificial glow is swallowing the night sky. Even astronomers in this remote observatory in the South American desert cannot escape it.
The new Icarus satellite is tracking signals hidden in animal behaviour – which could save the lives of cheetahs, rhinos and elephants.
It's 35 years since Helen Sharman boarded a space capsule heading into orbit, all thanks to a job ad that she had stumbled upon.
Professor Brian Cox explains why Jupiter's moon, Io, is the most volcanically active body known to science.
Belfast woman Deby has set herself the target of enabling 100 women to walk on the Moon.
The firm founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is investigating the failed launch.
After the Apollo 8 crew captured the iconic Earthrise photo in 1968, Artemis astronauts have recreated the image, revealing changes to our fragile blue planet.
