Best ever image of a distant star revealed
VIDEO 8-27-2017 |
16
Astronomers have managed to piece together an incredibly detailed image of a distant supergiant star.
Solid diamonds rain from the sky on Uranus
8-26-2017 | 6
The gas giant is home to one of the most remarkable weather events found anywhere in the solar system.
Elon Musk unveils futuristic SpaceX spacesuit
8-24-2017 | 9
The private space firm has developed its own stylish spacesuit for use during future manned missions.
What did the eclipse look like from space ?
VIDEO 8-22-2017 | 5
NASA and other agencies have been posting up photographs and videos of yesterday's total solar eclipse.
There won't always be total solar eclipses
VIDEO 8-21-2017 | 8
One day, the Moon will have moved so far away that a total solar eclipse will no longer be possible.
Three-mile-wide asteroid to pass by the Earth
VIDEO 8-20-2017 | 24
The huge space rock is due to pass within a safe distance of our planet at the beginning of September.
Mystery of distant Kuiper Belt object deepens
8-17-2017 | 9
The next target of NASA's New Horizons probe is a space rock with some rather intriguing properties.
Firm set to put a cellphone tower on the Moon
8-16-2017 | 7
A German startup is aiming to land rovers on the Moon that will communicate using cellphone technology.
Cassini flies in to Saturn's upper atmosphere
8-14-2017 | 3
The spacecraft embarked upon the first of its final five orbits around the gas giant earlier today.
House-sized asteroid 'will not hit Earth'
8-12-2017 | 13
The asteroid known as 2012 TC4 is set to pass us by at a safe distance of 27,300 miles in October.
Milky Way galaxy is riddled with black holes
8-10-2017 | 17
A new study has revealed that there are actually tens of millions of black holes in our own galaxy alone.
Hubble detects exoplanet with a stratosphere
VIDEO 8-4-2017 | 5
Astronomers have found an extrasolar world with what has been described as a 'glowing water atmosphere'.
NASA is hiring 'planetary protection officer'
8-2-2017 | 16
The new employee will be tasked with, among other things, protecting Earth from alien contamination.
Voyager 1 and 2 still going strong 40 years on
VIDEO 8-1-2017 | 17
This month marks four decades since NASA's two pioneering spacecraft headed off to visit the gas giants.
Asteroid flyby to help test planetary defense
VIDEO 7-31-2017 | 2
An asteroid due to pass the Earth in October is to become a target for a planetary defense exercise.
Cassini finds building blocks of life on Titan
7-29-2017 | 9
Saturn's mysterious moon Titan may be a lot more habitable than scientists had previously believed.
First extrasolar moon potentially discovered
7-28-2017 | 5
Astronomers believe that they may have found, for the first time, a moon orbiting an extrasolar planet.
Our atoms came from far across the universe
7-27-2017 | 4
A new study has revealed that half of the atoms that make up our bodies have come from beyond the galaxy.
Private firm set to land on the Moon in 2019
VIDEO 7-27-2017 | 18
Astrobotic is aiming to land its unmanned Peregrine lunar lander on the surface of the Moon in two years' time.
Moon is much wetter than previously thought
VIDEO 7-25-2017 | 36
Satellite data has revealed that there is water trapped all across the Moon's surface, not just at the poles.
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