Leicester grows its presence in space

The city’s Space Park has been selected as the location for one of three regional bases for the UK Space Agency

Space: British astronaut Tim Peake has launched a new space venture in Leicester

Veteran of ISS mission opens new base for space science

Leicester’s new Space Park won’t just explore the technologies that take humanity to orbit and beyond, it will also bring the science down to Earth to solve more terrestrial challenges

Technology: Former Para takes aim at Low Earth Orbit with balloon-assisted satellite launch system

Ready for take off?

A former soldier in the Parachute Regiment is taking on the giants of the space industry, with a novel launch system for satellites that uses high-altitude balloons to boost them into orbit

Space: The truth is out there, if Theseus gets the green light to explore

Space probe to ponder secrets of the transient universe

The European Space Agency is considering a mission to launch a probe able to peer into the distant past and unlock the secrets of the first stars

News: Honorary doctorate for ‘space tour guide’

Sky At Night presenter honoured for services to science

A renowned space scientist and television presenter has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Loughborough University in recognition of her contributions to science, writes Mark Cantrell

Space: NASA AI finds eighth planet lurking in Kepler system

Machines find worlds in star data

Artificial intelligence looks set to play an important role in the discovery of planets beyond our solar system, after NASA scientists used machine learning techniques to discover a previously overlooked world orbiting the Kepler-90 star

News: In Revelation Space nobody can hear you dream

Science fiction authors take literary festival to Mars and beyond

Best-selling authors Philip Reeve and Alastair Reynolds are headline guests at the Literary Leicester festival later this month, writes Mark Cantrell, so are you ready to see some stars?