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In 2017, the Perseid meteor shower peaks between 12-13 August, with up to 90 meteors an hour!

We are always asked, 'How do I become an astronaut?' Here's some advice to any budding space-farers out there.

This August the United States will get a great opportunity to see a total solar eclipse.

In 2017, the Delta Aquarids peak during the night of 28-29 July, with up to 20 meteors per hour.

The story of the Thor Able rocket and its tiny passengers.

The Juno spacecraft flies directly above Jupiter's Great Red Spot for the first time ever, giving us a close-up view of this colossal and fascinating storm.

One of the most precious artefacts in our collection has a twin in space.

After outstanding results from the LISA Pathfinder mission, ESA issue the go ahead for LISA to be built to further explore gravitational waves.

On Christmas Eve 1965, a large piece of an asteroid fell to Earth in the Leicestershire village of Barwell. Our Exhibition Manager tells its story.

We dig into and address some of the common arguments behind the Moon landing conspiracy theories.