China unveils its plans for new space station
11-7-2018 |
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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.
Mysterious straight lines discovered on Dione
10-30-2018 | 1
One of Saturn's moons has thrown up a new mystery in the form of oddly straight lines etched in to its surface.
Dr Who and Star Trek get new constellations
VIDEO 10-20-2018 | 1
NASA has revealed an unofficial list of new gamma ray constellations based on popular culture icons.
BepiColombo probe is on its way to Mercury
VIDEO 10-20-2018 | 4
The ambitious new mission will see two satellites placed in to orbit around the closest planet to the Sun.
Bizarre solar system is baffling astronomers
10-16-2018 | 6
Four gargantuan planets have been observed orbiting a relatively young star approximately 500 light years away.
Are there moonmoons orbiting other moons ?
10-14-2018 | 9
A new study has looked in to the possibility that some large moons may actually have their own 'submoons'.
Astronomers detect 19 more fast radio bursts
10-13-2018 | 3
The previously undiscovered deep space flashes could help scientists solve this ongoing astronomical enigma.
Astronauts will fly again after Soyuz failure
10-12-2018 | 53
NASA has stated that it is still committed to using Russian Soyuz rockets to launch astronauts to the ISS.
Soyuz astronauts make emergency landing
10-11-2018 | 53
Two astronauts narrowly escaped disaster today when their Soyuz rocket developed a problem with its booster.
Virgin Galactic to fly to space 'within weeks'
10-9-2018 | 7
Richard Branson's fledgling space tourism firm could be heading in to space for the first time very soon.
Hubble in trouble as another gyroscope fails
10-8-2018 | 6
The iconic space telescope has now lost so many of its gyroscopes that it may never fully recover.
Europe's MASCOT rover dies after just one day
10-7-2018 | 9
The latest robotic lander to touch down on the asteroid Ryugu had only enough power to last around 17 hours.
Curiosity rover switches to backup 'brain'
10-5-2018 | 4
NASA engineers have switched over to the rover's secondary computer to help resolve a technical fault.
Neptune-sized extrasolar moon discovered
10-4-2018 | 2
Astronomers have found what is thought to be the first confirmed moon in orbit around an extrasolar world.
Lockheed Martin reveals its new lunar lander
VIDEO 10-4-2018 | 17
The ambitious new vehicle will be twice the size of the lunar landers used during the Apollo missions.
Mystery ISS hole was 'deliberate sabotage'
10-3-2018 | 19
Russian investigators have concluded that the hole found on the ISS was made deliberately, not accidentally.
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