Space

What links monks and Myanmar’s military? Are we past peak skyscraper? And why is Turkey joining the space race?

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Richard Branson’s company successfully sends rocket into orbit using a modified Boeing 747

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Should George Elliot now be called Mary Ann Evans? Is the Thai monarchy in trouble? What can our twin galaxy tell us?

Government announces launch of ten new space-based projects tackling wide range of global issues

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Wednesday 5 August

The Perseverance rover is looking for evidence of life on the red planet

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Moscow strikes back after being excluded from Washington’s lunar mining pact plan

European Space Agency mission to study Sun’s polar regions launches in Florida

Japanese billionaire advertising for ‘single woman’ to accompany him on trip to Moon

Study finds the key element phosphorus forming on a comet around Jupiter

New research reveals that grains in meteorite that hit our planet 50 years ago predate the Solar System

And other stories from the stranger side of life

US president achieves long-held goal as final frontier arms race ramps up

The space agency’s robot debris collector is set for its first mission in 2025

The discovery that Earth revolves around the Sun laid the foundations for modern physics

Nato expected to declare space a ‘warfighting domain’ at the end of the year

Lunar winner Laszlo Francsics lands £10,000 prize

Nasa astronaut is under investigation in what could be the first crime committed in space

So-called water bears are the toughest animals on Earth - and now scientists suspect they are alive on the Moon

From Apollo 11 to The Martian watch these for the 20th anniversary of the moon landing Saturday

New study dismisses alien spaceship theory

US space agency aiming to launch 37 rockets to the Moon within next decade

Nasa investigating impact scenarios for massive space rock set to pass ten times closer to Earth than our moon

Company confirms authenticity of leaked video showing spacecraft blowing up

First recorded seismological tremor on another planet offers clues about how planetary bodies form

Nasa’s landmark Twins Study reveals physical ‘resilience’ of astronauts

Aerospace firm finally launches its most powerful rocket yet after series of setbacks

Israeli Beresheet mission would have been first non-state spacecraft to make lunar landing