SpaceX rocket explodes as part of abort test
VIDEO Jan 20, 2020The firm deliberately destroyed the rocket as part of its preparations for sending astronauts up to the ISS.
'Strange objects' spotted at the galactic core
Jan 16, 2020Scientists have discovered a new type of object that is so weird that it has been assigned a whole new class.
World's oldest material is older than the Earth
Jan 15, 2020Scientists have identified the oldest material ever to make it onto our planet - and it even predates the Sun.
Wolf moon lunar eclipse will be visible tonight
VIDEO Jan 10, 2020Depending on where you are in the world, a penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible over the next few hours.
Study claims to have 'debunked' dark energy
Jan 9, 2020A controversial new study has suggested that this hypothetical form of energy may not actually exist at all.
Mars 2020 rover to launch within 7 months
Dec 29, 2019NASA has confirmed that it has almost completed work on its upcoming robotic Mars exploration rover.
Is the star Betelgeuse about to go supernova ?
Dec 24, 2019One of the brightest stars in the night sky is exhibiting signs that its explosive demise might not be far away.
Boeing Starliner capsule fails to reach ISS
VIDEO Dec 22, 2019Boeing's reusable crew vehicle had aimed to dock with the station this week but things didn't go quite to plan.
New photographs of interstellar visitor revealed
Dec 18, 2019NASA has released two new images showing interstellar comet Borisov traveling through our solar system.
ESA to launch space debris collector in 2025
Dec 9, 2019If successful, the mission will be the first ever to remove a piece of space junk from Earth's orbit.
Large pyramid-shaped asteroid to fly past Earth
Dec 7, 2019A large space rock the approximate size and shape of the Great Pyramid of Giza is set for a close encounter.
Scientists identify organism that eats meteorites
Dec 7, 2019A microbe with an appetite for meteorites has shown that space rocks may be able to carry life across the cosmos.
Planet found orbiting white dwarf in world first
VIDEO Dec 5, 2019Astronomers have discovered a huge planet orbiting the burnt-out husk of a star that was once like the Sun.
NASA reveals Parker Solar Probe discoveries
VIDEO Dec 4, 2019The groundbreaking solar probe has sent back its first observations from the edge of the Sun's atmosphere.
Fireball may have been an orbiting 'minimoon'
Dec 2, 2019Scientists have discovered new evidence of a temporary moon burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
Gargantuan black hole LB-1 'should not exist'
Nov 28, 2019Scientists have discovered a black hole in our own galaxy that could rewrite the book on stellar evolution.
Thousands of planets could orbit a black hole
Nov 26, 2019It turns out that planets could orbit a black hole in much the same way as our own planet orbits the Sun.
First Mars samples will be quarantined on Earth
Nov 24, 2019NASA and ESA are planning an ambitious mission to return samples of Mars to the Earth for the first time.
Scientists have detected water vapor on Europa
Nov 22, 2019The water vapor from one of the Jovian moon's elusive plumes has been directly detected for the first time.
Mystery oxygen fluctuations detected on Mars
Nov 13, 2019The long-running mystery of methane on Mars has now been joined by another perplexing enigma - oxygen.
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