Buzz Aldrin, formerly Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr, was born on 20 January 1930. This month the engineer, fighter pilot, and...
moon
The prevailing theory of the moon’s creation is the 'giant impact theory', in which a Mars-sized object collided with Earth...
Fifty years since the first space probe landed on the moon, Ri Lates will be exploring space, from the rocket...
Astronomer Royal and former President of the Royal Society Lord Martin Rees presents the 2016 Peter Lindsay Memorial Lecture. Unmanned...
In 1989 Soviet authorities admitted publicly for the first time the existence of a formerly secret programme to land a...
We are of Earth. Our bodies have evolved to work on this planet – not on the Moon, not on...
The Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College has found that sampling the dark, basaltic plains of our...
Pluto’s fifth moon discovered Image: Hubblesite A new moon has been found orbiting Pluto, bringing the number of satellites known...
The docked Apollo 9 command and service modules and lunar module conduct the first docking maneuvers in space. This photo...
With the New Year comes the inevitable question of resolutions - how will you better yourself in 2012? The familiar...
Moon Bouncing Taken in 2008, this pair of telecommunications masts in downtown Atlanta, USA carry a mix of phone, TV...
This detailed photograph of our Moon was taken at the University of London Observatory (ULO), on the amazingly beautiful and...
Four and half billion years ago, a meteorite the size of Mars slammed into Earth, melting the entire surface of...
On Friday the shuttle Atlantis will lift off on its final voyage, when it returns it will mean the end of...
Why does Saturn’s largest moon have a nitrogen atmosphere like Earth? It’s a question that has stumped astronomers since the Voyager...
