Tiangong-1 space station to crash within weeks
Mar 7, 2018The out-of-control station is due to re-enter Earth's atmosphere between March 24th and April 19th.
Second Falcon Heavy to launch 25 satellites
Mar 4, 2018The success of last month's launch has meant that the next Falcon Heavy will be carrying more than just a car.
Astronomers detect signal from the first stars
VIDEO Feb 28, 2018A table-sized antenna has picked up the fingerprints of the first ever stars to emerge after the Big Bang.
4G mobile network to be set up on the Moon
VIDEO Feb 28, 2018The network, which is being set up by Vodafone and Nokia, will enable HD live-streaming from lunar rovers.
NASA's SLS rocket engine undergoes test fire
VIDEO Feb 26, 2018New footage has been released showing the Space Launch System engine reaching 113 percent thrust level.
Opportunity rover marks 5,000 days on Mars
VIDEO Feb 24, 2018The remarkably resilient rover has managed to extend its original three-month mission to over 13 years.
Universe is expanding faster than predicted
Feb 24, 2018New data from the Hubble Space Telescope has shown that the universe is expanding faster than expected.
Inflatable space hotel could launch by 2021
VIDEO Feb 23, 2018Tourists may soon have the opportunity to book a room in a hotel with a rather extraordinary view.
NASA reveals Phoenix lander's dusty grave
VIDEO Feb 22, 2018A new image of the long-dead Phoenix lander on Mars has shown that it has become coated in a layer of dust.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot could soon disappear
Feb 20, 2018Scientists have indicated that the famous storm could blow itself away within the next 10 to 20 years.
Hunt for Earth 2.0 yields 95 new exoplanets
VIDEO Feb 18, 2018A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
Andromeda is comparable in size to Milky Way
Feb 16, 2018It turns out that our closest neighboring galaxy is not the behemoth that scientists had previously thought it to be.
Earth photographed from 62 million km away
Feb 15, 2018NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe has captured a stunning new image of the Earth against the blackness of space.
Probe takes farthest ever images from Earth
Feb 12, 2018NASA's New Horizons probe has made history again by capturing images 3.79 billion miles from the Earth.
'Alien visitor' asteroid had a violent past
Feb 12, 2018The space rock known as 'Oumuamua is thought to have been tumbling around chaotically for billions of years.
ISS could end up being privatized after 2024
Feb 11, 2018Rather than being discontinued, the International Space Station could be turned in to a commercial venture.
Historic SpaceX launch overshoots Mars
VIDEO Feb 8, 2018Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is set to venture even further away from home than anyone had expected.
Evidence of extragalactic planets discovered
Feb 8, 2018Scientists have used microlensing to discover planets in a galaxy over 3.8 billion light years away.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch is a huge success
VIDEO Feb 6, 2018The world's most powerful rocket has successfully blasted off in to the heavens on its first test flight.
Russia to offer tourists spacewalks for $100M
VIDEO Feb 3, 2018The super-rich could soon have the opportunity to fly to the ISS and experience a spacewalk for themselves.
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