Curiosity rover discovers shiny object on Mars
12-2-2018 |
12
NASA's long-lived rover has come across an intriguing object that almost looks like a small gold nugget.
Green fireball lights up the sky over Russia
VIDEO 11-30-2018 | 9
The spectacular phenomenon was captured on film over the Russian city of Novosibirsk in Western Siberia.
Moon rocks sell at auction for $855,000
VIDEO 11-30-2018 | 3
The rocks, which were collected by the Soviet Luna 16 mission in 1970, have doubled in value since 1993.
Real-life HAL 9000 runs virtual space base
11-27-2018 | 7
Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence that can be used to run a manned outpost on another world.
NASA's InSight probe successfully lands on Mars
11-26-2018 | 42
After a harrowing descent through the Martian atmosphere, the probe has finally reached its destination.
Musk says he'll go to Mars even if it kills him
VIDEO 11-26-2018 | 7
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has stated that there is a '70 percent chance' that he will personally fly to Mars.
NASA prepares for '7 minutes of terror' on Mars
VIDEO 11-24-2018 | 42
The space agency's InSight lander will be descending 80 miles through the Martian atmosphere on Monday.
Musk announces new name of BFR rocket
11-21-2018 | 11
SpaceX' upcoming BFR or 'Big Falcon Rocket' has been renamed to reflect its lofty interplanetary ambitions.
NASA celebrates 20th anniversary of the ISS
VIDEO 11-20-2018 | 0
Today marks the 20th birthday of one of mankind's greatest achievements - the International Space Station.
Galaxy cluster looks like the USS Enterprise
VIDEO 11-17-2018 | 4
NASA has shared an image of a distant galaxy cluster that looks quite a bit like the iconic Star Trek vessel.
Second-closest extrasolar planet discovered
11-14-2018 | 19
Astronomers have revealed the discovery of a 'super-Earth' around a star that is a mere six light years away.
'Ghost' galaxy discovered outside Milky Way
11-14-2018 | 5
Scientists studying data from the Gaia satellite have identified a massive 'ghost' galaxy lurking nearby.
The best place to look for life on Mars identified
11-11-2018 | 0
Scientists behind the ExoMars mission have picked out a landing site where they hope to find evidence of alien life.
Black hole 'may be spinning space itself'
11-10-2018 | 27
Astronomers have detected a black hole that is spinning so rapidly that it may be causing space itself to rotate.
Scientists create symphony of a Martian sunrise
VIDEO 11-9-2018 | 5
The haunting musical creation was algorithmically produced to celebrate 5,000 Martian sunrises.
China unveils its plans for new space station
11-7-2018 | 3
The new orbital platform will be China's first permanently manned space station when it launches in 2022.
NASA's Dawn mission ends as probe falls silent
11-4-2018 | 12
After spending years unravelling the mysteries of the dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn has finally run out of fuel.
Strange 1,500km-long cloud spotted on Mars
11-1-2018 | 18
ESA's Mars Express orbiter has photographed a long white cloud lingering eerily over the planet's surface.
NASA's Kepler telescope is officially dead
10-31-2018 | 16
The ground-breaking space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 exoplanets has finally run out of fuel.
NASA's Opportunity Mars rover remains silent
10-30-2018 | 85
Things are not looking good for the stricken rover which stopped communicating following a dust storm in June.
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