Read article: Space-based solar power: could beaming sunlight back to Earth meet our energy needs?
Jon Cartwright weighs up ambitious plans to beam solar power from space to Earth
Read article: Slimmed-down terminal transmits quantum keys from space
New device has half the mass of previous systems and could be used in constellations of small satellites
Read article: Future of the International Space Station unclear as Russia announces intention to leave
Russia’s apparent willingness to pull out of the International Space Station is throwing up questions about the future of astronauts in low-Earth orbit, as Peter Gwynne discovers
Read article: Biofinder could detect signs of extraterrestrial life
Highly sensitive instrument demonstrated its capabilities by detecting strong bio-fluorescence signals from ancient fossils on Earth
Read article: Galactic remnant of the universe’s ‘dark ages’ is rotating, say astronomers
Tell-tale signs of rotation show up in redshifted light from distant galaxy JD1
Read article: Asteroid sample offers clues to the origins of our solar system
Analysis of material returned from the Hayabusa2 mission lends support to theories of how the Sun and other bodies formed
Read article: Whistler waves disappear close to the Sun
New analyses could shed more light on the physics of the solar wind
Read article: The James Webb Space Telescope launches astronomy into a new era
Now the mission has reached its destination, what lies ahead for the science programme?
Read article: The James Webb Space Telescope blazes towards science operations
Video story introducing the landmark astronomy mission and its science goals
Read article: A new cosmic dawn: peering across the universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
With the James Webb Space Telescope finally launched, Keith Cooper explores the mission’s troubled past, its technological advances and the exciting future of astronomy
