Space

ALMA, the remote observatory high in the Atacama Desert in Chile, tracks the 'radio sky'

How 16th century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus revealed the true model of the universe

Space probes Voyager 1 and 2 are still operating after 40 years in the depths of space

Solar eclipse 2017: "I'm shaking, this is incredible"

Voyager 1 and 2 carry a record for extraterrestrials with sounds that portray life Earth

As Cassini runs out of fuel, it may be about to send its most dramatic pictures ever

The spacecrafts that have taught us about the Solar System and interstellar space

'You see it, you experience it, it's intense and then it's over.'

How, when and what - and why eclipses won't keep on happening

Dr Kate Russo explains why some people get addicted to witnessing total solar eclipses

Aviator and aspiring astronaut Wally Funk meets the pioneering women of space travel

Many didn't consider the Russian astronaut sufficiently qualified for her flight in 1963.

Michael Foale was on board the Mir space station when a resupply vessel crashed into it.

Luca Parmitano was on a space walk when water started leaking into his helmet.

How science, engineering and medicine are trying to understand how to stay alive in space

Edgar Mitchell one of twelve people to have walked on the moon has died.

Charles Duke, an astronaut on the Apollo 16 lunar mission, describes lift off.

Astronauts go on a space walk to fix part of the International Space Station

Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov on how that mission did not go according to plan.

Kevin Fong escapes earth’s gravity to examine the challenges on the body

British scientists hijacked Russian signal to fax the first picture of the moon’s surface

What does the future hold for human space exploration?

NASA postpones mission to Mars after leaks were discovered in one instrument

The gruelling training faced by the American women who almost made it to space.