Space

The Nasa astronaut, the first mum in space, on leaving her 15-month-old daughter Kristin behind on Earth

Fiscal pressures and budget slashing from the Trump administration has created a ‘doomsday atmosphere’ at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California

The EU is working with Nato on satellite protection and early-warning systems to counter threats from ‘authoritarian states’

China is poised to overtake America in the space race, scientists warn, as the White House plans to slash Nasa’s budget

Instruments on the Mars rover have found unique ‘poppy seeds’ and ‘leopard spots’ on the red planet, hinting at the strongest signs of alien life yet

The Irish entrepreneur is shooting for the moon at Rivada with his dream of building the world’s fastest, most secure private data network

Moscow is stalking our spacecraft to disrupt their operations, Britain’s space chief says

A free-floating planet up to ten times the mass of Jupiter is growing at unprecedented speed, drawing in gas and dust and behaving like a star

The company is now the world’s most valuable start-up after it allowed current and former workers to sell about $6.6bn of their stock in a secondary share sale

This time of year is a glorious one for stellar connoisseurs, with a host of autumnal constellations laid out in the evening sky. Start in the south, with the...