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Space agencies are examining the idea of constructing enormous orbital arrays of solar panels, then beaming the power to Earth via microwaves. So how does it work, and can space solar compete with the terrestrial kind?

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and his French space mate Thomas Pesquet install and unfurl a 19-metre solar panel on the International Space Station.

Will you tackle this week's news quiz like it's a mission to a remote asteroid — or will we have to mute your microphone from now on?

If you’ve ever dreamed of going to outer space, prepare to swoon over this spacecraft-inspired tiny home perched on the edge of the Columbia River in Central Washington...

Elon Musk's red space-traveling Tesla Roadster continues to make history. NASA has now officially listed the vehicle as a celestial object - in the same system tracking bodies in the solar system like planets. Meteorologist...

Boeing is set to release a new plane that the company claims to be "the future of air power." In a video posted on Twitter, Boeing, one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world, offered a glimpse of its new creation,...

In one of the most remote corners of the Earth below the Pacific Ocean lies the remains of spaceships. This extremely isolated location, about 2,250 km (about 1,400 miles) from land, goes by several names, including Point...

If you grew up loving Men in Black and Independence Day, we may have found the gig for you. NASA is hiring a “planetary protection officer” to defend Earth from alien contamination - and the job comes with a six-figure...

If you grew up loving Men in Black and Independence Day, we may have found the gig for you. NASA is hiring a “planetary protection officer” to defend Earth from alien contamination, and the job comes with a six-figure...

This year there was a range of technological innovations that could not only improve our lives but help save the planet as well. We saw a group of 16-year old girls who revolutionized crop yields, an airborne wind turbine...

NASA plans to launch the first Orion spacecraft this Thursday, in an uncrewed test flight that is the next step on its journey towards a fully fledged mission to Mars...

Designs for a device called a microwave thruster, which could power spacecrafts without the need for propellant, have been proposed since 2006. While the engine follows the principles of relativity theory in converting electrical...

Designs for a device called a microwave thruster, which could power spacecrafts without the need for propellant, have been proposed since 2006. While the engine follows the principles of relativity theory in converting electrical...

This is the first image that shows Saturn, Venus, Mars, and Earth all grouped together. NASA was able to capture this planetary family portrait soon after the Cassini spacecraft slipped behind Saturn’s shadow. The spaceship...

Space junk is an ongoing problem for the world's space administrations as decades worth of satellite launches and space missions have filled the Earth’s orbit with trash such as fuel tanks, lost tools and parts of derelict...