Reusable rocket sees first successful launch
VIDEO Nov 25, 2015Blue Origin has beaten SpaceX in the race to build a rocket that can launch and then return to the Earth.
Mars may one day have its own ring system
VIDEO Nov 25, 2015Phobos, one of the two small moons of Mars, could eventually break apart and encircle the planet.
US and China work together to avoid space war
Nov 23, 2015A new space hotline has been set up between the two countries to help prevent future misunderstandings.
Bagpipes played in space for the first time
VIDEO Nov 15, 2015Astronaut Kjell Lindgren recorded a video of himself playing the instrument as a tribute to Victor Hurst.
Distant planet has 5400-mile-per-hour winds
Nov 15, 2015Astronomers have been able to map the weather conditions of an extrasolar planet for the first time.
Exoplanet discovery 'most important so far'
Nov 13, 2015A newly identified extrasolar planet is so close by that it should be possible to observe its atmosphere.
US senate votes to legalize space mining
Nov 13, 2015A new bill has been approved that will make it possible for companies to mine resources from asteroids.
Most distant object in our solar system found
Nov 12, 2015Astronomers have discovered a dwarf planet located three times further away from the sun than Pluto.
Astronomers photograph colossal explosion
Nov 10, 2015A distant galaxy cluster is home to the most powerful explosion to have occurred since the Big Bang.
Solar wind stripped Mars of its atmosphere
Nov 5, 2015NASA has revealed what processes turned Mars in to the dry, cold and barren world that we see today.
NASA set to make another Mars announcement
Nov 4, 2015The space agency is set to reveal its latest findings about the Martian atmosphere tomorrow afternoon.
ISS celebrates 15 years of humans in space
VIDEO Nov 2, 2015The International Space Station has made it possible for humans to maintain an ongoing presence in space.
Halloween asteroid looks like a human skull
Oct 31, 2015The recently discovered asteroid due to pass by the Earth today actually looks like a skeletal face.
Glow in space could be from another universe
Oct 30, 2015Scientists have observed a glow in space that could have come from another universe colliding with ours.
Rosetta discovers molecular oxygen on comet
Oct 29, 2015The gas was unexpectedly discovered around comet 67P and has been hailed as a significant find.
International Space Station is full of germs
Oct 27, 2015The inside of the International Space Station appears to be a breeding ground for bacterial pathogens.
Could there be alien life on Enceladus ?
VIDEO Oct 26, 2015NASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to embark on its closest and most daring flyby of the moon to date.
Watch worn on the moon has sold for $1.6M
VIDEO Oct 25, 2015A unique watch worn by astronaut David Scott during the Apollo 15 moon mission has been sold at auction.
Astronomers find two stars merging together
Oct 22, 2015Two massive stars locked in a deadly embrace have been discovered over 160,000 light years away.
Huge asteroid will pass by Earth on Halloween
Oct 21, 2015Scientists have revealed that a high-speed asteroid will streak past our planet at the end of the month.
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