China to land probe on far side of the moon
May 20, 2015China's burgeoning space program is set to attempt something that nobody has ever tried before.
Mysterious space plane set for new mission
May 18, 2015The X-37B will be launching again on Wednesday however nobody knows exactly what it will be doing.
Giant asteroid to safely miss the Earth today
May 14, 2015Media reports of a close shave with a mile-wide asteroid have thankfully turned out to be exaggerated.
Sarah Brightman cancels trip in to space
May 14, 2015The soprano had been set to become the first professional singer in space later on this year.
Dark material on Europa could be sea salt
May 13, 2015The dark substance that litters the surface of Europa is now believed to be sodium chloride.
NASA solves mystery of bright spots on Ceres
May 13, 2015New photographs have provided important new clues to help solve the riddle of the mystery bright spots.
Enceladus' ocean is similar to lakes on Earth
May 11, 2015The subsurface ocean on Saturn's moon is very similar to life-bearing salt lakes on our own planet.
NASA plans to send robotic eel to Europa
May 11, 2015An unconventional type of rover could be used to explore the oceans beneath Jupiter's icy moon.
Mars plan suggests Phobos mission by 2033
May 10, 2015Astronauts on a manned mission to Mars could first use its moon Phobos as a staging area.
Water likely to be common on other planets
May 8, 2015Water-rich asteroids are thought to have brought water to countless other worlds throughout the universe.
Space debris poses real-life 'Gravity' threat
May 7, 2015The events of the hit movie could become a reality thanks to the large amounts of junk in Earth's orbit.
Newly discovered galaxy sets distance record
May 6, 2015Astronomers have identified the most distant galaxy ever recorded at 13 billion light years away.
'Alien sounds' recorded in the stratosphere
VIDEO May 5, 2015A NASA balloon experiment has picked up sounds that wouldn't seem out of place in an X-Files episode.
'Pillars of Creation' unveiled in full 3D
VIDEO May 4, 2015The breathtaking cosmic spectacle has been revealed for the first time in three dimensions.
Cosmic rays could damage astronauts' brains
May 2, 2015Cosmic radiation could be the single biggest problem for future astronauts embarking on a trip to Mars.
New Horizons spots polar ice cap on Pluto
May 2, 2015The approaching spacecraft has snapped photographs of what appears to be polar ice on the dwarf planet.
Messenger spacecraft smashes in to Mercury
May 1, 2015After more than a decade in space NASA's Messenger spacecraft has ended its mission with a bang.
Star Wars fans send X-Wing in to space
VIDEO Apr 30, 2015Two amateur astronomers have succeeded in placing a model fighter in to orbit using a weather balloon.
Does the universe only have two dimensions?
Apr 29, 2015New mathematical models lend credence to the idea that we live in a universe that is essentially flat.
Has NASA just discovered warp drive ?
Apr 28, 2015The space agency has reportedly produced a Star Trek style 'warp field' inside an experimental engine.
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