Liam Dutton
Our planet from space
As we carry on with our everyday lives at the surface, there are lots of satellites busily orbiting the earth, frequently snapping images of our planet from space.
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Liam Dutton
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A junk harpoon on a mission to clean up space
British engineers are developing a harpoon to clear up space junk, including defunct satellites and used rocket boosters threatening other satellites and astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Liam Dutton
The wonders of detailed satellite imagery
When glancing at a satellite image, it’s easy to just see bits of cloud, but if you look closely, so much information can be gained – giving an understanding of what is going on in the sky above.
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What is a meteor? The key questions
A meteor has lit up the skies over Russia and injured hundreds. But what are meteors, how are they caused, and how common are they?
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Martian craters resemble California’s Mojave desert
Scientists say an ancient Martian crater where the Nasa rover landed has looming mountains, hanging haze and a striking similarity to earth.
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Liam Dutton
Our planet from space
A few months ago I wrote a blog that showcased the stunning images that are captured by the satellites orbiting our planet.
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Matt Frei
Noxious brew that delayed Nasa’s latest satellite
Fingers crossed, DSCOVR will fly in 2014, more than a decade after it should have been launched, a decade in which it could have provided crucial scientific information in one of the most important issues of our day.
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UK solar orbiter tracks sun
The UK celebrates 50 years in space by building a solar orbiter providing the closest ever view of the sun, a mission that will help scientists understand the causes of space weather.
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Liam Dutton
The UK from space
As a meteorologist, every once in a while I see a satellite picture that tells so many different stories about the weather that the UK is experiencing.
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Gingrich shoots for the moon
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is wooing Florida voters by calling for a bold new frontier in space travel – including a manned colony on the moon.
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Nasa’s Mars rover launches on two year mission
The “Curiosity” rover has been successfully launched from Earth on its mission to Mars to find out if life can exist or ever existed on the Red Planet.
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Huge asteroid to pass by earth
An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier will pass earth tonight, travelling closer than the moon. One astronomer tells Channel 4 News it will “give us clues about other bodies that are out there”.
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Mars mission ‘returns’ to earth
Six cosmonauts have “returned to earth” after a virtual space mission to Mars, opening the doors of their simulated spacecraft in Russia for the first time in 520 days.
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The latest space race – on the Isle of Man
To infinity and beyond? Channel 4 News North of England Correspondent Morland Sanders visits the unlikely interstellar hub that is the Isle of Man.
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Super-fast internet – across the solar system
A Surrey satellite firm is helping to establish an interplanetary internet system that could speed up the movement of data through space – and allow us to explore stars 30 trillion miles away.
