‘Energetic’ materials are ones that readily ignite or detonate. The shapes of those materials have a big effect on how they burn or blow up.

The Peregrine and Nova-C landers are due to carry out valuable science at two diverse lunar locations.

Efforts to launch rockets into space from the UK need to demonstrate reliability.

The UK space launch failed but it succeeded in releasing hazardous pollutants to multiple layers of the atmosphere.

China has completed construction of the Tiangong space station, and science projects are now underway. The station is an important piece of China’s ambitious plans for space activity in coming years.

The southern hemisphere is more likely to be hit by space debris than the northern one.

Expanding the low-Earth orbit economy through increased commercial spaceflight will only push our planet further into its climate crisis.