Space

A discarded part of a rocket is believed to have crashed into the Moon's far side by now, say scientists who were expecting the impact at 1.25am this morning (12:25 GMT).

A protest turns into a riot and conflagration as police move on Parliament’s squatters with quite extraordinary restraint. Photos tell the story.

When the International Space Station wears out, it is likely to be dumped in an uninhabited area of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of New Zealand.

Australian scientists say the spinning object is unlike anything astronomers have seen before.

NASA has embarked on a months-long, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope into focus, in time for the revolutionary eye in the sky to begin peering into the…

From a deep blue gas giant where it rains molten glass to a canonball world that orbits every eight hours, how do astronomers "see" these distant exoplanets?

Elon Musk has rejected claims that his Starlink satellite internet project is taking up too much room in space.

In a briefing to the transport minister, officials raised their concerns about MBIE's aerospace strategy and the ability of transport agencies and private operators to keep up.

The SpaceX boss was attacked on Chinese social media after the complaint was made public.

An astronomer shares how she gets her "fix" by looking at galaxies only a select few people have seen, and gives tips on how you can also search the sky any time, anywhere via the internet.

From the beginning of the universe to now, here are five big questions astronomers are hoping the James Webb Space Telescope will solve.

A ministerial announcement for a new space centre in Canterbury appears to have jumped the gun, with government officials later confirming the development of aerospace facilities was not certain.