Three-mile-wide asteroid to pass by the Earth
VIDEO Aug 20, 2017The 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
Aug 17, 2017The 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
Aug 16, 2017A German startup is aiming to land rovers on the Moon that will communicate using cellphone technology.
Cassini flies in to Saturn's upper atmosphere
Aug 14, 2017The spacecraft embarked upon the first of its final five orbits around the gas giant earlier today.
House-sized asteroid 'will not hit Earth'
Aug 12, 2017The 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
Aug 10, 2017A 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 Aug 4, 2017Astronomers have found an extrasolar world with what has been described as a 'glowing water atmosphere'.
NASA is hiring 'planetary protection officer'
Aug 2, 2017The 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 Aug 1, 2017This 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 Jul 31, 2017An 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
Jul 29, 2017Saturn's mysterious moon Titan may be a lot more habitable than scientists had previously believed.
First extrasolar moon potentially discovered
Jul 28, 2017Astronomers believe that they may have found, for the first time, a moon orbiting an extrasolar planet.
Our atoms came from far across the universe
Jul 27, 2017A 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 Jul 27, 2017Astrobotic 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 Jul 25, 2017Satellite data has revealed that there is water trapped all across the Moon's surface, not just at the poles.
SpaceX ditches plans for 2018 Mars landing
Jul 21, 2017Plans to land a modified version of the company's reusable Dragon capsule on Mars have been scrapped.
Today marks 48 years since first Moon landing
VIDEO Jul 20, 2017Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong made history when they set foot on the lunar surface 48 years ago today.
NASA reveals amazing new Pluto flyover video
VIDEO Jul 16, 2017The footage has been constructed from the thousands of photographs taken by the New Horizons probe.
NASA doesn't have the funds to land on Mars
Jul 14, 2017The space agency has admitted that it cannot currently afford to land humans on the surface of Mars.
Juno offers up stunning new images of Jupiter
Jul 13, 2017The space probe has captured staggeringly detailed shots of Jupiter's centuries-old Great Red Spot.
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