Read article: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope assembled for the first time
Milestone as the two halves of NASA’s $8.8bn next-generation telescope are fitted together
Read article: Building a planet-sized telescope
A behind-the-scenes look at some of the hardware that made the Event Horizon Telescope – and the iconic first image of a black hole – possible
Read article: Thirty Meter Telescope forges ahead with Canary Islands site
Officials at the protest-hit telescope seek a construction permit for the island of La Palma
Read article: Distance between spacecraft measured at the atomic scale
Laser ranging interferometer could deliver better gravity maps of Earth
Read article: Microbes and the Moon
Michael Hill-King explores why the Apollo 11 astronauts were quarantined on their return to Earth
Read article: India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission launches to the Moon
Chandrayaan-2 consists of an orbiter, lander and rover to explore the lunar surface
Read article: Intergalactic explorers’ handbook
Tushna Commissariat reviews The Space Race: the Journey to the Moon and Beyond by Sarah Cruddas
Read article: A new look at our old Moon
Sarah Cruddas reviews The Moon: a History for the Future by Oliver Morton
Read article: Giant leaps for knowledge
Apollo 11 was just the first of five further Apollo missions to land on the Moon. Sue Nelson explores their scientific legacy
Read article: Defending the lunar landscape
John Budden calls for areas of the Moon to be reserved for lunar radio astronomy
