It's been quite the year for the Northern Lights, with millions of people across various continents gazing up in to the night sky to spot the aurora borealis from the comfort of their own home.

Brits will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spot a rare comet in the skies this week, before it disappears again for another 80,000 years. Comets are large objects which are made of ice and ...

The Galileo satellite system is a £8bn navigation project intended to rival the US-controlled Global Positioning System. Once fully operational in 2020 it will provide accurate position ...

In a completely unexpected move, the British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday announced outside Number 10 Downing Street that the UK would resume its space launch programme, 47 years after its ...