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NEW CLOUDS ABOVE US The modern world relies on satellites for its communications and commerce. While mostly invisible to us as we go about out daily lives, our entire modern way of living ? both socially and professionally ? is intimately linked with the orbital space around the Earth. How we treat this extraterrestrial environment will determine how much we can rely on it in the future. ?In this view of Greenwich, London, you?ve got examples of what?s in space. I photographed about 300 artefacts ranging from satellites to rocket bodies, satellite parts, solar panels, all the way down to the screws and a glove to show what?s up there. The photography was done over a one year period, across North America, Europe and the UK. I wanted to show this from a human perspective ? from the ground looking up. I chose Greenwich because of its history of astronomy and because from there you can see the financial district of London to highlight the modern world?s connection to the satellites that circle Earth.? Max Alexander

Space debris problem highlighted in new series of photographs

3 May 2023

Our Fragile Space, an exhibition from photographer Max Alexander, focuses on the impact of the millions of pieces of cosmic waste circling Earth

Astronomy Photographer of the Year photos are out of this world

16 September 2022

These images are some of the winning and shortlisted entries for this year’s competition, organised by the Royal Observatory in London

Amazing astronomy images shortlisted for photo prize

30 June 2021

This spellbinding selection of images are among the shortlisted entries for this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition

Rare images show role of collisions in galactic evolution

27 January 2021

These six rare and exquisite images of galactic evolution were taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. They show what happens when galaxies collide and merge

International Space Station image shows beauty of the world's oceans

7 October 2020

This spectacular image from inside the International Space Station's observation dome peeks through clouds to reveal Earth's oceans from 400 kilometres away

Glittering image of Andromeda galaxy takes top photography award

16 September 2020

This tantalising image of spiral galaxy Andromeda – our nearest big neighbour – won Nicolas Lefadeux top prize at the 2020 Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition

ESA's dazzling laser hunts for atmospheric pollution in the Antarctic

12 August 2020

The European Space Agency shines a laser beam out from the world’s most remote research station to study what we’re doing to the atmosphere

Weird magnetic threads in sun's corona seen for the first time

22 April 2020

New images reveal threads of ultra-hot gas woven throughout the sun's corona, in the most detailed look at previously unseen parts of the atmosphere of our closest star

Mysterious crater on Mars could be a good place to look for life

18 March 2020

Could life on Mars have hidden from extreme weather in a cavern on the Pavonis Mons volcano? This 2011 orbiter image of an otherworldly crater has NASA asking just that