Dream Chaser test succeeds despite glitch
VIDEO Oct 30, 2013The first test flight of a new prototype space plane went according to plan aside from a slight mishap.
UN meeting tackles asteroid threats
Oct 29, 2013Distinguished scientists and astronauts met to discuss asteroid mitigation strategies on Friday.
Nebula is 'coldest place in the universe'
Oct 29, 2013The Boomerang nebula is 5,000 light years away and has a temperature of -458 degrees Fahrenheit.
Cassini photographs Titan's land of lakes
Oct 26, 2013NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured an image showing lakes dotted over the surface of Titan.
Japan test fires asteroid 'space cannon'
Oct 26, 2013The Japanese space agency is hoping to blast a hole in an asteroid to find out what it's made of.
Astronomers find 'most distant' galaxy
Oct 24, 2013An international team of astronomers has detected a galaxy that is 30 billion light years away.
Company offers balloon trips in to space
Oct 24, 2013An Arizona firm called 'World View' is offering tourists the chance to ride in to space aboard a balloon.
Extrasolar planet tally reaches 1,000
Oct 23, 2013Since 1992 the number of planets discovered orbiting distant stars has been growing exponentially.
NASA downplays 2032 killer asteroid fears
Oct 20, 2013The asteroid known as 2013 TV135 was discovered by Ukranian astronomers earlier this month.
Chelyabinsk meteor fragment recovered
Oct 19, 2013Russian authorities have managed to haul a huge chunk of the meteor up from the bottom of a lake.
SpaceX Grasshopper test flight successful
VIDEO Oct 14, 2013A remarkable new type of reusable rocket could soon revolutionize how we launch things in to space.
'Black glass' could be comet chunk
Oct 11, 2013A remarkable charred black pebble could be the first large-scale comet fragment ever recovered.
Diamond rain may fall on Jupiter and Saturn
Oct 10, 2013The two largest planets in our solar system may be home to diamond rain and liquid diamond oceans.
Russia considering manned lunar base
Oct 9, 2013The Russian space agency Roscosmos is studying the feasibility of building a base on the moon.
Is Earth vulnerable to threats from space ?
Oct 4, 2013Concerns have been raised regarding our potential to defend against everything from asteroids to ET.
Earth may have stolen its moon from Venus
Oct 4, 2013A radical new moon origin theory suggests that our moon may have originally orbited the planet Venus.
Alien planet has 'plasma' water atmosphere
Oct 3, 2013Astronomers have identified a nearby extrasolar planet with a particularly unusual atmosphere.
Large amounts of water found in Mars soil
Sep 29, 2013The Mars Curiosity rover has found a significant amount of water locked up inside soil samples.
Curiosity fails to find methane on Mars
Sep 25, 2013NASA's Mars rover has been unable to find any significant amount of methane in Mars' atmosphere.
Moon is younger than previously thought
Sep 24, 2013New research suggests that the moon could be up to 100 million years younger than previous estimates.
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