World

Astronomers may have found first moon outside Earth's Solar System

Astronomers believe they may have found the first compelling evidence for a moon outside of our Solar System - orbiting a gigantic planet 8,000 light years from Earth.

4 October 2018

World

NASA reaches landmark 60th anniversary

NASA, America's Space Agency, started operating exactly 60 years ago today - 1st October, 1958. And little over a decade after its founding, it put men on the moon for the first time.

1 October 2018

World News

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to become first space tourist

Maezawa is scheduled to travel to the Moon in 2023 on board SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket.

18 September 2018

World

SpaceX reveals identity of first private passenger on moon flight

SpaceX revealed the identity of the first private passenger who has signed up to go to the moon.

18 September 2018

World News

Musk’s SpaceX signs up first private passenger to fly around the moon

The company will reveal who is flying and why on Monday.

14 September 2018

World News

Missed the lunar eclipse? Take a look at our photo gallery

Missed the lunar eclipse? Take a look at our photo gallery.

27 July 2018

World News

Skywatchers ready for 'blood moon'

Skywatchers ready for 'blood moon'

27 July 2018

World News

Total lunar eclipse on July 27: What you need to know

The longest total lunar eclipse of the century will take place on July 27 and Europe is in prime position to admire the spectacle.

23 July 2018

United Kingdom

Giant moon disappears en route to Austria

A British artist has launched a social media campaign to find his 7-metre replica of the moon, which disappeared in the post.

22 July 2018

World News

Privately-funded 'mission to the moon' to celebrate Apollo 11 anniversary

A privately-funded space exploration mission to launch in 2019 and to land on the moon will carry a time capsule about humanity and Earth.

19 April 2018

World News

Rocket fuel inventor dies aged 107

The developer of a space fuel based on liquid hydrogen which made moon flights possible, Barys Kit, has died at the age of 107. The Belarusian-American rocket scientist was one of the world’s oldest men

3 February 2018

World News

Super blue blood moon: What it means and where to watch it

The lunar trifecta will coincide for the first time in more than 150 years.

31 January 2018

Next Series

The Super Blue Blood Moon is coming

NASA is urging sky watchers to step outside on January 31st for a look at what the space agency is calling a "lunar trifecta"

28 January 2018

USA

John Young, US astronaut and space shuttle commander, dies

He was the only astronaut to fly with three different NASA programs, in a career spanning 42 years.

7 January 2018

World News

Rare supermoon delights stargazers on New Year's day

The impressive supermoon lit up the sky during the first night of 2018.

2 January 2018

World News

Shift in US space policy? Trump promises trip to moon and Mars

Marking the 45th anniversary of the last Apollo mission, President Trump has pledged to reboot the country's space exploration program

13 December 2017

USA

Trump wants US astronauts back to the moon - and someday Mars

"Imagine the possibilities waiting in those big, beautiful stars if we dare to dream big,” said the US president as he signed his first space policy directive.

12 December 2017

World News

December 2017 'supermoon': Everything you need to know

Stargazers will tonight (December 3) be treated to a rare treat in the form of a "supermoon," during which the Moon appears larger and brighter in the sky.

3 December 2017

Japan

Giant moon cave could one day contain lunar base

Tunnel beneath the surface is thought to have been formed by volanoes.

20 October 2017

USA

These eclipse watchers were more entertaining than the spectacle itself

While the solar eclipse wowed millions, some spectators were more entertaining than the event itself.

22 August 2017