About Outer Space
Outer space, or simply space, is the expanse that exists beyond the Earth and between celestial bodies.
Ellie Goulding among Radio 4's Today programme guest editors
... The BBC s flagship news and current affairs programme will begin the guest editor takeover on 23 December with Nasa s Head of Science, Dr Nicky Fox, who will look at science education and the influence of Outer Space on music...
Napoleon's Ridley Scott on critics and cinema 'bum ache'
... Scott s visual artistry makes him a consummate creator of worlds, whether that s Outer Space in Alien and The Martian, civil war Somalia in Black Hawk Down, medieval England in Robin Hood or the Roman Empire in Gladiator...
US-China rivalry spurs investment in space tech
... China says it is of space, and has previously dismissed US concerns about its space programme as " against China s normal and reasonable Outer Space endeavours"...
Moon base: Bangor scientists design fuel to live in space
... " The rules of the road, such as they are, were written in 1967 - the Outer Space Treaty...
Aditya-L1: India set to launch its first mission to Sun
... According to UN s Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), approximately 10,290 satellites remain in Earth s orbit, with nearly 7,800 of them currently operational...
Can humanity's new giant leap into space succeed?
... The marvellously named " Outer Space Treaty" has not been updated since it was signed in 1967, when 31 nations, including the US and the Soviet Union, pledged not to have nuclear weapons in space...
Ukraine round-up: Girl, 4, among Russian rocket attack victims and British aid worker dies
... Russia s space agency Roscosmos said in a statement the agreement was " in the interests of Russia and the United States" adding that it would facilitate the " exploration of Outer Space for peaceful purposes"...
Asteroid mining: Helping to meet Earth's natural resource demands
... In 1966, the United Nations (UN) drew up the Outer Space Treaty, which attempted to stop nations from misusing and mistreating space, and which was signed up to by more than 100 countries...