Space

Much of the Van Allen Probe was expected to burn up in the atmosphere, though Nasa said there was a "low" risk of people being struck by surviving components.

"I don't think stereotypes like that have ever bothered me," says 36-year-old Sian Cleaver.

The tool links what a satellite needs to do, like capturing high‑resolution images, with collision risks.

A new facility that will help develop and test space satellite engines opens in Oxfordshire.

When the Artemis mission lands on the Moon, its crew will have to grapple with a challenging environment and extreme isolation. What will it take to thrive in a lonely Moon base?

In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive in deep space without light.

The firm wants to create a network of "orbital data centres" to power artificial intelligence.