Tom Cruise and NASA to film movie aboard ISS
May 6, 2020NASA will reportedly be working with actor Tom Cruise to film a movie on the International Space Station.
Mystery radio burst picked up in our own galaxy
May 5, 2020For the first time, astronomers have picked up a fast radio burst within the confines of the Milky Way.
Fixed nitrogen found inside Martian meteorite
VIDEO May 4, 2020For the first time ever, organic compounds containing nitrogen have been found inside a meteorite from Mars.
Firms compete to build next-gen lunar lander
VIDEO May 2, 2020Blue Origin, SpaceX and Dynetics are each working on their own solutions to landing humans on the Moon.
Earliest case of 'death by meteorite' revealed
Apr 29, 2020Researchers have discovered official records stating that a man in Iraq was killed by a meteorite back in 1888.
US Space Force acquires first offensive weapon
Apr 27, 2020The newest branch of the US military has taken delivery of its first weapon, but it's probably not what you think.
Approaching asteroid is 'wearing a face mask'
Apr 24, 2020A large asteroid due to pass relatively close to the Earth next week appears to be taking its own precautions.
Hubble celebrates 30th birthday with new image
VIDEO Apr 24, 2020The Hubble Space Telescope is often regarded to be one of the most important scientific tools ever built.
Future spacefarers may evolve bigger skulls
Apr 22, 2020Scientists have identified one of the more unexpected ways in which the body changes while in space.
Solving the mystery of the vanishing exoplanet
Apr 21, 2020A relatively nearby extrasolar world discovered back in 2004 has since disappeared without a trace.
ISS launch will be first from US soil in 10 years
Apr 19, 2020For the first time in almost a decade, astronauts are preparing to launch into space from American soil.
NASA reveals how it will retrieve a piece of Mars
Apr 18, 2020The Mars sample-return mission will be one of the most challenging interplanetary endeavours ever undertaken.
Kepler data reveals hidden Earth-like exoplanet
VIDEO Apr 17, 2020Scientists have discovered one of the most Earth-like extrasolar worlds ever seen and they almost missed it.
'Oumuamua was 'ripped from an alien world'
Apr 15, 2020A new study has highlighted the potentially violent origins of this mysterious interstellar visitor.
Apollo 13 at 50: 'Houston, we've had a problem'
VIDEO Apr 14, 202050 years ago, three astronauts had been on their way to the Moon when things started to go very wrong.
Trump signs order to mine space resources
Apr 13, 2020The US President has signed a new executive order to support the acquisition of resources in space.
NASA lunar telescope looks like the Death Star
Apr 12, 2020A new plan to build a telescope on the Moon will make our lunar neighbor look like the Star Wars battle station.
NASA reveals sharpest ever images of the Sun
Apr 10, 2020NASA's High-Resolution Coronal Imager has captured new high-resolution images of the Sun's atmosphere.
Universe may be expanding at different rates
Apr 9, 2020A new study has cast doubt on the idea that the expansion of the universe is the same in every direction.
Revisiting Hubble's iconic 'Pillars of Creation'
Apr 8, 2020One of the most celebrated astronomy photographs of all time has been revisited some 25 years later.
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