China's Chang'e-5 lands on the Moon to scratch surface
Mission aims to bring home 2kg of stones and soil from up to 2m down
01 Dec 2020 | 46
Science
Arecibo Observatory brings forward 'controlled demolition' plans by collapsing all by itself
Star of science and celluloid is no more
01 Dec 2020 | 149
Rock and roll: China's probe orbits the Moon while Japan brings home bits of asteroid
Chang'e-5 set for a lunar touchdown, Japan aims for Australia
30 Nov 2020 | 3
SpaceX blows away cobwebs at dormant California pad with satellite launch as a Falcon 9 makes touchdown number 7
In Brief Also: New Zealand owl watching with Rocket Lab and ExoMars 'chute test
27 Nov 2020 | 23
European Space Agency will launch giant claw that drags space junk to its doom
No, really. It has signed a contract to make this happen in 2025
27 Nov 2020 | 47
Physicists wrap neutrino detector in cosy blanket to shed light on the Sun's secondary fusion cycle
Direct observation published for first time
26 Nov 2020 | 20
Social isolation creates craving in the same brain region as wanting food or addictive drugs, study finds
What do 20 pizzas and five hours of face time with your most boring mate have in common?
24 Nov 2020 | 24
China prepares for launch of Chang'e 5 mission to Moon, which would make it third nation to return lunar sample
If all goes as planned
23 Nov 2020 | 14
We see what you did there: First-stage booster from Rocket Lab's Return to Sender mission floats back to Earth
Electron celebrates a parachute party and is successfully recovered
20 Nov 2020 | 23
Adiós Arecibo Observatory: America's largest radio telescope faces explosive end after over 50 years of service
The aging structure is too hazardous to repair, engineers say
19 Nov 2020 | 129
UK's Space Command to be 'capable of launching our first rocket in 2022'
In Brief Also: Skyrora aims for 2023 for its XL, ISS gets ready for Nauka, and HALO moves forward
19 Nov 2020 | 45
ESA's Vega rocket crashes and burns after fourth-stage nozzle failure sinks two satellites
Second failure in last three missions doesn't inspire confidence
19 Nov 2020 | 20
Behold, the Ultimately Large Telescope: A revived proposal for a 100-metre liquid-mirror star scanner on the Moon
'We are putting this idea out to the scientific community,' lead scientist tells El Reg
18 Nov 2020 | 63
America's largest radio telescope close to collapse as engineers race to fix fraying cables
900-ton receiver platform threatens to plummet into dish below
17 Nov 2020 | 83
Baby Yoda stowed away on Crew Dragon, boards International Space Station
Japanese Astronaut Soichi Noguchi bringing soft toy into space was only surprise as Crew-1 docked
17 Nov 2020 | 33
They’ve only gone and bloody done it – yawn – again! NASA, SpaceX send four to ISS
First certified commercial crewed spaceflight flies, but fuel heaters are acting up
16 Nov 2020 | 48
UK-led telescope to gaze at exoplanets, plus Jupiter 's 'glow-in-the-dark' moon
In Brief Also: Space photos from an analogue age up for sale, more Cygnus
13 Nov 2020 | 5
Shock news: NASA lunar ambitions might be a bit too... ambitious
'We believe the Agency will be hard-pressed to land astronauts on the Moon by the end of 2024'
13 Nov 2020 | 34
When sci-fact beats sci-fi: Echoes of exploding stars' final cries may be trapped in the rings of trees on Earth
Geo-boffin urges fellow scientists to consider again link between supernova and radiocarbon levels
12 Nov 2020 | 24
US-EU project to bring Mars samples back to Earth needs two more years, extra $4bn, watchdog warns
First stage already on its way to the Red Planet, full steam ahead
11 Nov 2020 | 14
Soyuz later! SpaceX gets NASA green light to lob astronauts to the International Space Station full time
Russian rockets are Putin on the back burner, except for emergencies
11 Nov 2020 | 23
Curse of Arecibo strikes again: Now another cable breaks, smashes into America's largest radio telescope
*Hums the GoldenEye theme*
10 Nov 2020 | 23
Never mind the White House. At least we know who's going to Spaceport America. Virgin Galactic to fling ship into space again
In Brief Also: Another delay for SpaceX, Artemis I gets its fairings and Kelly twin prepares for a lengthy mission in politics
06 Nov 2020 | 3
America's democracy on the brink, Brexit looming, climate crashing... when better to get the first fast radio burst from our own galaxy?
'u ok m8?'
06 Nov 2020 | 34
Rocket Lab to equip 'Return to Sender' with parachutes amid plans to catch an Electron booster with a helicopter
Successful recovery would make it the first and only reusable orbital-class small launch system
05 Nov 2020 | 7
Whoa, humans have been hanging out and doing science stuff in freaking space aboard the ISS for 20 years
Orbital lab emerges from teens to an uncertain future. How very 2020
04 Nov 2020 | 14
How's this for the ultimate gaming achievement? Half-Life 2's Gnome Chompski is going to space – in real life
Drag racing in orbit with Rocket Lab
03 Nov 2020 | 3
H2? Oh! New water-splitting technique pushes progress of green hydrogen
It's really dope. Yep it's an energy-efficient process kicked off by gadolinium-doped cerium dioxide
03 Nov 2020 | 148
Voyager 2 is back online after eight months of radio silence
Australian antenna upgrade appears to have worked, should be ready to help with imminent Mars landings
03 Nov 2020 | 64
No need for more asteroid-blasting attempts, NASA's OSIRIS-REx has more than enough space dirt
There may be carbon, water, clay, perhaps even platinum, gold in them hills
30 Oct 2020 | 24
Remember, remember, the 14th of November (if you're an astronaut): NASA names the date for Crew-1 mission to ISS
In brief Also: ESA looks to the Moon, RocketLab launches another 10 sats, and SpaceX probably thinks that's cute
30 Oct 2020 | 7
Trouble at Skull-Top Ridge: ESA boffins use data wizardry to figure out Philae probe's second touchdown site
Comets: Crunchy on the outside... frothy on the inside?
28 Oct 2020 | 11
Did Arthur C. Clarke call it right? Water spotted in Moon's sunlit Clavius crater by NASA telescope
Fly me to the Moon, let me swim among the stars
26 Oct 2020 | 70
NASA trying to stuff excess baggage into OSIRIS-REx after too-successful asteroid scoop
Collector is leaking regolith, sparking swift stash plan
26 Oct 2020 | 23
ISS air leakage fixed in time for crew handover, thanks to floating teabag
In Brief Also: Starlinks soar but GPS stays grounded, NASA names first Virgin Galactic flier
22 Oct 2020 | 61
We know there are a lot of, er, distractions right now but NASA's got some sweet video of its asteroid rubble raiser
Video Incredible scoop, read all about it , read all about it
22 Oct 2020 | 50
