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Space property: who owns it?
01/08/2011

Technological advances mean the vast resources in space will soon be within our grasp. But who will get the rights to the resources and, as Sean Blair asks, can you even own a piece of outer space?

UFO sightings: the science
UFO sightings: the science
28/10/2010

Peter Davenport, Director of the National UFO Reporting Center in the US, speaks to Louise Ridley about taking the scientific approach to finding alien life

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010 winners
Astronomy Photographer of the Year
10/09/2010

The Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010 winners have been announced. Here's BBC Focus magazine's guide to the best in space photography this year.

Mining space - what's up there?
Mining space - what's up there?
04/08/2010

As the first piece of an asteroid is brought back to Earth in Japan's Hayabusa mission, it's been suggested that we could mine the worlds of the Solar System for useful materials and minerals. What's up there?

What would a death star do to Earth?
09/07/2010

Gamma-ray bursts – or death stars – are the most violent events in the Universe. Robert Matthews asks if we've already been devastated by one, and what an explosion would do to us in the future.

Death stars
08/07/2010

Gamma-ray bursts – or death stars – are the most violent events in the Universe. They’re also shrouded in mystery. Robert Matthews investigates.

Alien planets factfile
Alien planets factfile
03/06/2010

We’ve already discovered some odd planets outside our Solar System. But, according to Lewis Dartnell, we ain’t seen nothing yet…

Farming in space
Farming in space: how would we do it?
28/04/2010

As part of our feature on Space exploration: Our future, we look at what you'd have to consider to set up a farm in space.

Our future in space by Stephen Baxter
Space exploration: our future
08/04/2010

With tourist trips to space on the horizon, living away from Earth may not be such a pipe dream. Stephen Baxter and other experts explain how we’ll go about colonising the final frontier in six easy steps.

The birth of Virgin Galactic, by Richard Branson
Destination Space
19/11/2009

The birth of Virgin Galactic, by Richard Branson.