Space Force members now called 'guardians'
Dec 19, 2020Service members of the recently established US Space Force have been given a rather familiar new title.
Dust and soil from asteroid Ryugu revealed
Dec 15, 2020Scientists in Japan have unveiled the contents of the Ryugu sample capsule which recently returned to Earth.
NASA picks astronauts who will go to the Moon
VIDEO Dec 11, 2020A total of 18 astronauts - 9 men and 9 women - have been chosen as part of NASA's Artemis program.
NASA outlines goals for crewed Moon mission
Dec 8, 2020In addition to landing humans on the Moon, the Artemis III mission will aim to achieve several scientific goals.
Telescope captures close-up image of sunspot
Dec 7, 2020Measuring 10,000 miles across, this huge feature on the surface on the Sun could fit the whole Earth inside it.
Footage shows collapse of Arecibo observatory
VIDEO Dec 6, 2020Drones that were investigating the facility at the time managed to capture its catastrophic collapse on camera.
Arecibo observatory has now totally collapsed
Dec 2, 2020The iconic telescope, which had shut recently after sustaining earthquake damage, has now collapsed.
Did a 9th planet 'escape' billions of years ago ?
Nov 29, 2020Scientists have found evidence to suggest that another world once existed between Uranus and Saturn.
Elon Musk outlines plans for living on Mars
Nov 22, 2020The SpaceX CEO has made no secret of his ambition to see humans living on the Red Planet in his lifetime.
Iconic Arecibo telescope 'close to collapsing'
VIDEO Nov 20, 2020The decision has been taken to dismantle the world-famous telescope after it suffered 'catastrophic' damage.
The universe is like a giant human brain
Nov 18, 2020A new study has noted the striking structural similarities between the universe and the brain inside our heads.
4 astronauts launch to ISS aboard Crew Dragon
Nov 16, 2020The second ever manned flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft saw the new ISS crew blast into orbit.
Can we still land humans on the Moon by 2024 ?
Nov 14, 2020A recent analysis has cast doubt on the ambitious timetable currently set out for a manned lunar landing.
Our galaxy has 300 million habitable planets
Nov 11, 2020A new NASA study has revealed just how many potentially habitable worlds there are in our galaxy.
Bacterium survives outside ISS for entire year
Nov 9, 2020Scientists have identified a bacterium that seems surprisingly capable of surviving in the vacuum of space.
Is there a piece of our moon behind Mars ?
Nov 8, 2020Scientists have discovered that an asteroid trailing behind Mars could actually be a fragment of the Moon.
Russia in new bid to beat Tom Cruise into space
Nov 7, 2020Russia is attempting to beat the US by shooting the first feature film in space before Tom Cruise does.
Fast radio burst is traced back to its source
VIDEO Nov 5, 2020For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (or FRB) back to its original source - a magnetar.
NASA reconnects with Voyager 2 after 7 months
Nov 4, 2020The space agency has been able to 'talk' to the distant probe thanks to a Deep Space Network dish upgrade.
Rogue world found drifting through the galaxy
Oct 30, 2020Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized world that is drifting freely through the cosmos without a parent star.
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