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Five stunning images of earth from space
As we go about our daily lives on the ground, satellites orbit our planet, capturing detailed images of how the earth’s surface is changing over time.
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As we go about our daily lives on the ground, satellites orbit our planet, capturing detailed images of how the earth’s surface is changing over time.
As Colin Pillinger’s widow Dr Judith Pillinger put it this morning, her husband no doubt would have described it as having “hit the crossbar” rather than missing the goal completely.
A suspected ammonia leak forces astronauts to evacuate the American section of the International Space Station – but mission control says that it may have been a false alarm.
If today’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center is successful, it will be a big step towards making commercial rockets more affordable.
Planes were grounded over London after a computer failure at its Swanwick control centre. The system has been “restored” but delays will be inevitable as airports clear the backlog.
A look from space at the stormy weather that’s hitting northern parts of the UK, along with when the severe gales are expected to ease.
Today’s Orion spacecraft launch is unmanned – but it heralds a return to US astronauts voyaging independently in space.
Nuri, yet another powerful super typhoon, is currently roaming the vast expanse of water in the north west Pacific Ocean.
The future of Richard Branson’s space flight venture, Virgin Galactic, is in doubt after the death of a pilot during a test flight.
The co-pilot of a suborbital passenger spaceship being developed by Virgin Galactic dies after the craft crashed during a test flight in California’s Mojave Desert.
Alan Eustace, a top executive for technology giant Google, breaks the sound barrier as he jumps from space to beat Felix Baumgartner’s record skydive two years ago.
Mothers occupying houses, place-hackers scaling buildings and teens taking over shopping centres: Symeon Brown reports from the frontline of the battle to take back public space.
As well as monitoring activity from sensors on the ground, Nasa satellites have been keeping an eye on Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano from space – providing some spectacular images.
During August, there have been some particularly good images of our planet taken by Nasa satellites from space.
As predicted, the remnants of Hurricane Bertha hit the UK on Sunday, bringing an abrupt end to the warmth and sunshine that we’ve become used to this summer.