Curiosity reveals giant sand dunes on Mars
VIDEO 1-16-2016 |
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NASA's Curiosity rover has photographed a huge wall of sand on the edge of the Martian desert.
NASA sets up new planetary defence office
1-13-2016 | 8
A new body has been set up to help co-ordinate efforts to protect the Earth from apocalyptic asteroids.
All attempts to contact Philae have failed
1-12-2016 | 13
ESA's Philae lander has gone silent and it's unlikely that it will ever be possible to contact it again.
Have scientists detected gravitational waves?
1-12-2016 | 33
Recent rumors suggest that gravitational waves may have been directly detected for the first time.
Apollo 16 rocket impact site mystery solved
1-9-2016 | 8
Scientists have finally discovered the spot where Apollo 16's S-IVB rocket stage impacted on the moon.
Globular clusters may harbor intelligent life
1-7-2016 | 16
Scientists believe that globular clusters may be a good place to look for extraterrestrial civilizations.
New SpaceShipTwo to be unveiled next month
1-5-2016 | 10
Virgin Galactic will be debuting the second of its suborbital space tourism vehicles in February.
Secret US Cold War space station revealed
1-5-2016 | 18
The United States once planned to build an orbiting outpost to help gather intelligence about the USSR.
ESA is planning to build a Moon base by 2030
VIDEO 1-4-2016 | 13
The European Space Agency believes humans will be living on the lunar surface within the next 14 years.
NASA ordered to develop 'habitation module'
1-1-2016 | 17
Congress has insisted that NASA create a prototype deep space habitation module by no later than 2018.
Astronaut accidentally dials wrong number
12-28-2015 | 16
British astronaut Tim Peake dialed up an unsuspecting pensioner and said, 'hello, is this planet Earth ?'
Are comets more dangerous than asteroids ?
12-24-2015 | 10
Our planet may be at higher risk from a large comet impact than from a conventional rocky asteroid.
SpaceX makes history with vertical landing
VIDEO 12-22-2015 | 30
Elon Musk's private space firm has managed to pull off a vertical rocket landing for the first time.
What is the upper size limit of a black hole?
VIDEO 12-20-2015 | 8
New research has revealed that black holes can grow up to 50 billion times the mass of our sun.
Asteroid set to pass us by on Christmas Eve
12-19-2015 | 10
Following on from Halloween's close encounter, another seasonal asteroid will soon be paying us a visit.
Earth-like world found 14 light years away
12-17-2015 | 22
A potentially habitable terrestrial planet has been discovered in the relatively nearby Wolf 1061 system.
Full moon to occur on Christmas Day this year
12-16-2015 | 6
Festive revelers will be treated to a full moon this Christmas for the first time in almost four decades.
British astronaut Tim Peake arrives at ISS
12-15-2015 | 9
The Soyuz spacecraft has successfully arrived at the station following a tense manual docking maneuver.
Debate rages on over recent 'Planet X' claims
12-15-2015 | 15
Researchers have identified what could be two new large planets in the outer reaches of our solar system.
Mystery of the bright spots on Ceres solved
12-12-2015 | 4
Scientists have finally determined what the dwarf planet's mysterious bright spots actually are.
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