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Our guest blogger explores five curious facts about our Solar System

On 8 September 2016, the launch window opens for NASA's OSIRIUS-REx spacecraft, starting the clock on an extraordinary mission to an asteroid and back.

How a Midlands grammar school revealed a secret Soviet launch site during the height of the Space Race.

Our producer at NSC Creative explores the science behind No Man's Sky in this guest blog post.

Moon rocks from the first and last Moon landings – Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 – are now both on display at the National Space Centre, thanks to a loan from 10 Downing Street.

In 2016, the Perseid meteor shower peaks during the early hours of 12 August, with around 2-3 meteors per minute coming from the northern sky.

Highlights from a space-filled weekend at Camp Bestival.

More than 45 years ago Apollo 15 astronauts took a drive on the Moon with a Lunar Roving Vehicle straight out of science fiction.

We catch up with two Space Crew alumni who share their careers and tips on working in the space industry.

It’s been a year since New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto. Here are five things that we have learned about this icy dwarf planet since then.