Japanese team aims to send rover to the Moon
VIDEO Dec 24, 2016Japan-based Team HAKUTO is the latest contender hoping to scoop Google's $20 million Lunar X-Prize.
Six more deep space radio bursts picked up
Dec 24, 2016Scientists have detected a further six mystery radio bursts originating from outside of our galaxy.
China is testing a working EmDrive in space
Dec 20, 2016China claims that it is currently testing the 'impossible' space engine on the Tiangong 2 space station.
Water ice found on the dwarf planet Ceres
Dec 16, 2016Two new studies have revealed that the dwarf planet Ceres is home to significant quantities of water ice.
Earth 'unprepared' for killer asteroid strike
Dec 14, 2016A prominent NASA scientist has outlined just how vulnerable our planet is to threats from outer space.
Black hole is observed 'swallowing' a star
Dec 13, 2016Astronomers at Queen's University, Belfast have helped to discover an extremely rare celestial event.
Weather observed on distant gas giant planet
Dec 12, 2016Astronomers have observed strong winds and changing cloud cover on an alien planet for the first time.
Hawking and NASA develop interstellar probe
Dec 12, 2016Professor Stephen Hawking has teamed up with NASA to design and develop an interstellar nano-starship.
Legendary astronaut John Glenn dies aged 95
Dec 9, 2016Glenn became a national hero back in 1962 when he became the first American ever to orbit the Earth.
Mars One delays first manned mission to Mars
Dec 8, 2016The Netherlands-based firm has pushed back its ambitious plans by several years due to funding issues.
Earth to see 25-hour days as rotation slows
Dec 7, 2016Scientists have been attempting to work out how long it will take for us to gain an extra hour per day.
Trip to the Moon could be available by 2026
Dec 5, 2016Moon Express is hoping to be able to send people on trips to the Moon within as little as ten years.
Virgin Galactic test flight proves a success
Dec 5, 2016Richard Branson's fledgling space tourism firm is back on track following a fatal crash two years ago.
Buzz Aldrin is evacuated from Antarctica
Dec 4, 2016The Apollo 11 astronaut fell ill just after becoming the oldest person ever to visit the South Pole.
New mission aims to revisit Apollo 17 site
Nov 30, 2016The privately-funded endeavour aims to revisit the lunar rover left behind by the Apollo 17 astronauts.
New Mars satellite returns first photographs
VIDEO Nov 30, 2016The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has returned a set of high-quality test photographs from the Red Planet.
Astronaut tasked with repairing ISS toilets
Nov 28, 2016One of Thomas Pesquet's first tasks aboard the space station wasn't quite what he was hoping for.
'Data glitch' caused demise of Mars lander
Nov 26, 2016Scientists have finally determined exactly what caused the Schiaparelli probe to crash-land on Mars.
Did rover find evidence of past life on Mars?
Nov 24, 2016Geologists have managed to link silica deposits on Mars with biological processes occurring on the Earth.
Scientists discover huge ice deposit on Mars
Nov 23, 2016NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified an ice deposit with more water than Lake Superior.
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