Swedish meteorite hunters have discovered fragments from the fireball meteor which lit up the night sky in November, the first from an observed meteorite found in Sweden since 1954.
A prolonged summer heatwave has had a serious impact on Sweden, from forest fires raging above the Arctic circle last month to farmers running out of food for their livestock. The impact of the drought is even visible from space, images from the National Space Agency show.
Sweden's government has backed plans to build Europe's first launchpad for small satellites in an important step forward for the Swedish space industry.
A new study involving the help of Swedish researchers has concluded that an occurance of strange flashes in space known as 'fast radio bursts' (FRB) came from a distant galaxy.
Sweden should invest more in space exploration and set the target of having Swedes on Mars by the 2030s, the Nordic nation's Liberal party has insisted.
A Swedish company's miniature drones have caught the attention of US space agency Nasa thanks to their groundbreaking autonomous positioning technology.
A Swedish developer has built a procrastinator's dream by making it possible to hear what's going on in the sky above the Earth, as well as further beyond in space.
Swedes have a reputation for being sexually liberated types, but now some of them want to venture into a final frontier that even the Scandinavian nation hasn't reached by sending a condom into space.
A morsel of never-before-seen alien rock has been dug up in a limestone quarry in Sweden, where it had lain deeply buried for about 470 million years, scientists have said.
What do you do if you have too much time on your hands, are in possession of a weather balloon, and a donut? Launch the sweet snack into space of course. The Local has spoken to the two Swedes behind the venture.
Sweden's debut astronaut Christer Fuglesang is helping students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology to become the first in the country to make their own satellite and send it into space.
Swedish artist Mikael Genberg's crazy idea of sending a sculpture in the shape of a house to the moon looks set to become a reality. For daring to go where no artist has gone before he's our Swede of the week. Obviously.
A Gothenburg resident has been shortlisted for a one-way trip to Mars. He tells The Local about the mission, his love for space, and what he'd miss most from Earth.
Frightened residents in western Sweden reported seeing a bright, blue light racing across the night sky on Tuesday before an orange-coloured orb smashed into the ground in a mysterious phenomenon that has yet to be explained.
Swedish scientists in a team of international astronomers have discovered a spiral of matter around a dying giant star, indicating the way our own sun will end its days.
Swedish scientists were forced to halt a groundbreaking project Thursday to test the impact of stars when a balloon carrying an X-ray telescope began leaking helium.
A major exhibit of more than 400 space-related objects, from engines to space suits to food rations, opened in Stockholm Friday in the largest gathering of NASA objects outside of the US.
A Malmö man has become the first Swede to sign up to Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space adventure after he shelled out 1.4 million kronor to fly to the frontier of space.
The space shuttle Discovery, carrying Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang, landed on schedule at Edwards Air Force base in California after a 14 day trip to the International Space Station (ISS).
