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Sobering images from space show the impact of devastating floods in Germany and Belgium that have left more than 100 people dead.

Here's everything you need to know about Blue Origin's launch of Jeff Bezos and his crew on the New Shepard spacecraft July 20, 2021.

Blue Origin is a private spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos.

Get your space dreams flying with this basic set of rockets and accessories

U.K. rocket start-up Skyrora wants to collect the remains of the iconic British satellite Prospero from low Earth orbit and bring it to Earth to be displayed in a museum.

Astronomers have found a giant gas cloud, likely stripped from its parent galaxy long ago, in a cluster 330 million light-years away.

Here's a look at the best Lego Star Wars sets for 2021, some old, many new and all overflowing with the Force.

The Hubble Space Telescope has powered on once again! NASA was able to turn the telescope back on after successfully switching to a backup computer on the telescope following weeks of computer problems.

NASA has released new visualisations of the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon to commemorate the first-ever up close exploration of the distant worlds.

A year ago tomorrow, a failure on the Integral spacecraft meant it fired its thrusters for likely the last time. In the days since, the spacecraft in Earth orbit has continued to shed light on the violent gamma ray Universe, and it should soon be working even more efficiently than before, as mission control teams implement an ingenious new way to control the 18-year-old spacecraft.

Image: Record rainfall has caused swollen rivers to burst their banks and wash away homes and other buildings in western Europe. Data from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission are being used to map flooded areas to help relief efforts.

The brilliant fireworks of 90 nearby galaxies shine new light on how stars are born.

Methane tends to only be made by biological life, so scientists are wondering if the source is from alien microbes.

Chile peppers are growing on the International Space Station as part of a new experiment that aims to expand the range of space-grown foods ahead of a possible future mission to Mars.

Theories that attempt to resolve the so-called black hole information paradox predict that black holes are much more complicated than general relativity suggests.

Recent developments at the forefront of astronomy allow us to observe that planets orbiting other stars have weather.

ESA’s first Earth observation mission dedicated to understanding our planet, the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-1), was launched into orbit on 17 July 1991 – almost 30 years ago today. At the time of its launch, the ERS satellite was one of the most sophisticated spacecraft ever developed and launched by Europe, paving the way for satellite technology in the areas of atmosphere, land, ocean and ice monitoring. Today, we look back at some of the mission’s key accomplishments.

Venus shines in the western twilight as Mars sinks away. Jupiter and Saturn rise in late dusk. And after dark, Scorpius shows off at its very best in the south.

Week in images: 12 - 16 July 2021