SpaceX Starship update coming later this month
VIDEO Aug 4, 2019Elon Musk's private space firm has been developing a spacecraft capable of landing humans on other worlds.
'Super-Earth' discovered 31 light years away
VIDEO Aug 2, 2019Astronomers have announced the discovery of a large, potentially habitable world in a nearby solar system.
'LightSail 2' deploys its solar sail in Earth's orbit
VIDEO Jul 24, 2019The experimental project could one day make it possible for solar sails to propel spacecraft to other worlds.
Orbital plan for lunar space station unveiled
VIDEO Jul 21, 2019Mission planners at NASA and ESA have determined the orbital path of the upcoming lunar Gateway.
NASA celebrates Apollo 11's 50th anniversary
VIDEO Jul 20, 2019Today marks exactly 50 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the lunar surface.
Stunning image shows ISS in front of the Sun
Jul 19, 2019NASA has released a breathtaking photograph showing the space station silhouetted against our solar neighbor.
Universe expansion rate mystery deepens
Jul 18, 2019A new attempt to calculate how fast the universe is expanding has thrown up more questions than answers.
Scientists find a way to make Mars farmable
Jul 15, 2019Growing crops on the Red Planet would undoubtedly go a long way towards building a sustainable human colony.
Iconic telescope gains World Heritage status
VIDEO Jul 7, 2019The UK's Jodrell Bank Observatory has been formally recognized as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Secretive X-37B space plane caught on camera
Jul 6, 2019For the first time, someone has managed to snap an image of the enigmatic mini-shuttle in Earth's orbit.
Original Apollo 11 tapes to fetch $2 million
Jun 29, 2019The only surviving original recordings of the Apollo 11 Moon landing are set to go up for auction next month.
Fast radio burst traced back to home galaxy
Jun 28, 2019For the first time ever, astronomers have been able to trace a fast radio burst back to its galaxy of origin.
NASA announces 'Dragonfly' mission to Titan
VIDEO Jun 27, 2019A new $850 million drone-like lander will be venturing on to (and above) the surface of Saturn's enigmatic moon.
Rover detects mystery methane spike on Mars
VIDEO Jun 23, 2019NASA's long-lived Curiosity rover picked up the sudden and unexpected spike of methane on Wednesday.
Mysterious light shows up in Mars photograph
Jun 21, 2019A bright glowing light was captured earlier this month by one of the cameras aboard NASA's Curiosity rover.
Two new Earth-like exoplanets discovered
Jun 19, 2019The new worlds are so much like our own that both are now on a list of the 19 planets most likely to support life.
Unusual new impact crater discovered on Mars
VIDEO Jun 18, 2019Photographed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the crater is unlike anything scientists have seen before.
Fusion could power spacecraft within 10 years
VIDEO Jun 17, 2019A new type of nuclear fusion propulsion system could see spacecraft make it to Saturn in a matter of months.
Earth may be vulnerable to solar superflares
Jun 14, 2019Scientists now believe that our Sun is capable of producing a type of powerful and disruptive 'superflare'.
Jupiter's moon Europa is covered in salt
Jun 14, 2019Scientists have determined that Europa's ocean may be more like the Earth's oceans than previously thought.
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