The European Space Agency will probe a harmless asteroid Nasa hit in 2022 as part of a "planetary defence test".

European Space Agency say the asteroid, dubbed 2024 RW1, was "harmless" but created a "spectacular fireball".

Astroscale, based at Harwell Campus, aims to develop solutions for future satellite missions.

The vehicle set off from a launchpad in French Guiana on a demonstration mission.

After a successful launch, the upper-stage of the rocket goes on to experience an anomaly.

A joint European-Japanese mission captures a space view of the internal structure of a cloud.

Europe's Earthcare satellite will tell us if the planet could lose the cooling effect of clouds.

The Euclid telescope mission, backed by Durham University scientists, releases dark Universe images.