How to watch "The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth" online on BBC iPlayer in the UK and from anywhere. New documentary goes inside the Columbia disaster.

Remote-controlled robots could one day build giant solar farms in space, according to a recent trial in the UK.. British startup Space Solar conducted the test at the UK Atomic Energy Authority ...

Scientists have drawn up a potential impact zone for Soviet spacecraft Cosmos-482, which is set to crash into Earth on Sunday morning, and it includes parts of the UK ...

Earth from space The final image captured by the recently decommissioned Landsat 7 satellite shows how "Sin City" has nearly doubled in size during the iconic spacecraft's 25-year lifespan.

A space rock the size of a cruise liner will have a close encounter with Earth in April 2029. While the asteroid Apophis won’t hit Earth, NASA and ESA are both planning missions to tag along.

Why is space debris a problem? There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states ...