The runners and riders hoping to claim a jackpot of £800 million from the European Space Agency

Passing on after blasting off by asphyxiation, suffocation and spaghettification

How does a Mars Rover work?

 

We explore the hottest volcanoes and driest deserts to track down the organisms that would be capable of surviving in space.

Planets with shells of diamond, others completely covered with water – the latest computer models predict some pretty strange worlds are lurking out there. And we could be on the verge of spotting them thanks to the latest planet hunting technology…

We find out what the folk next door could look like.