Microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) makes life there dramatically different to how it is back on terra firma. Astronauts secure themselves with straps when they sleep, use a ...

Yuri Gagarin remains one of the most celebrated figures in the history of space exploration. Born in 1934 in a small village in the former Soviet Union, he grew up with a fascination for aircraft and ...

An eagle-eyed astronomer has discovered that an elusive asteroid is apparently shedding hundreds of fragments — and our planet is flying through the ensuing debris field, making for a spectacular show ...