An update of 50-year-old regulations has kickstarted research into the next generation of rockets. Powered by nuclear fission, these new systems could be the key to faster, safer exploration of space.

Doug Loverro steps down the week before the US's first crewed launch in almost a decade.

Satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way galaxy may give researchers insight into dark matter and even the origins of our universe.

Scientists make a surprising discovery about the Red Planet by playing with mud in the laboratory.

The Atlas V rocket, carrying the X-37B space plane, launched from Cape Canaveral on Sunday.

A new kind of "mini rover" moves in could go places that other wheeled rovers couldn't, such as up a sandy hill.

Canadian firm GHGSat, which carries out methane monitoring from space, looks to set up a UK hub.

SpaceX recently launched 60 satellites into orbit around Earth as part of its Starlink programme.

A new report digs into plans to protect our planet from alien microbes or cross-contamination from other worlds, also known as "planetary quarantine."