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Thousands of Elite Dangerous players embark on epic space voyage

16 January 2019

What exciting discoveries await the Elite Dangerous mission to the Milky Way’s outer edges? It’s not run by NASA but the epic sciencey game feels like the real deal

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

4 January 2018

The imminent first flight of Elon Musk's giant new rocket could mark a spectacular start to a new era in space flight, says Paul Marks

A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years

16 October 2017

If the sun spews “superflares” as often as other stars, one could take down power systems, damage the ozone layer and destroy satellites in the next century

Tears for Cassini: why it's OK to well up over a lump of metal

14 September 2017

Expect more of the modern phenomenon of mass mourning for a machine when the space probe Cassini makes its death dive into Saturn, says Joelle Renstrom

Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

8 August 2017

NASA’s push to develop a rocket engine powered by a nuclear reactor could create a faster, lighter spaceship and cut the trip to Mars down to four months

NASA mission into sun’s atmosphere named after astrophysicist

31 May 2017

The Parker Solar Probe will go closer to the surface of the sun than any previous probe, in order to discover more about the physics of stars and the origins of the solar wind