Sound as we know it does not exist in space. That’s because, on Earth, sound mainly travels to our ears via vibrating air molecules. Because space is a vacuum, meaning there is no matter at all ...

From the first artificial satellite to the development of space stations, it was proof of human ingenuity and ambition. In this article, we’re looking at some interesting facts about the Space Race ...

He beat 8,000 other applicants who responded to an internet advert from the European Space Agency entitled, ‘Do you want to be an astronaut?’. He'll take off from Baikonur Cosmodrome ...

One weekend in 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, visitors to London's Science Museum might have ... in 2001: A Space Odyssey's orbiting Hilton hotel. So we premature 1930s space ...

"ACS has roughly ten times the discovery power of the previous camera," says Mario Livio, astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. Translation: Hubble can now see twice as ...

"It’s a very tight space, a very cramped space ... "Launch is a wild ride, it’s great fun. "It’s a constant acceleration getting up to to Mach 25. "Re-entry is almost violent in that ...