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Earth's magnetic field was once near to collapse
Jan 30, 2019A new study has revealed that our planet's protective magnetic field almost disappeared 565 million years ago.
Planetary collision made life on Earth possible
Jan 24, 2019The carbon and nitrogen that make up our bodies likely came from a planet that once smacked in to the Earth.
Starship prototype could fly within months
Dec 25, 2018SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has provided a sneak peak of the firm's prototype interplanetary Starship spacecraft.
'Zombie' bacteria found deep beneath the Earth
Dec 11, 2018Scientists have revealed that an incredibly large amount of life exists in our planet's deep subsurface.
Spanish writer builds his own 60ft 'spaceship'
VIDEO Dec 1, 201887-year-old Lucio Ballesteros hopes that mankind will one day use the vessel to travel to an alien planet.
Real-life HAL 9000 runs virtual space base
Nov 27, 2018Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence that can be used to run a manned outpost on another world.
Musk announces new name of BFR rocket
Nov 21, 2018SpaceX' upcoming BFR or 'Big Falcon Rocket' has been renamed to reflect its lofty interplanetary ambitions.
Flat Earthers gather for Denver conference
VIDEO Nov 19, 2018More than 650 people gathered in Colorado this month to promote the idea that our planet is as flat as a pancake.
Second-closest extrasolar planet discovered
Nov 14, 2018Astronomers have revealed the discovery of a 'super-Earth' around a star that is a mere six light years away.
The best place to look for life on Mars identified
Nov 11, 2018Scientists behind the ExoMars mission have picked out a landing site where they hope to find evidence of alien life.
NASA's Dawn mission ends as probe falls silent
Nov 4, 2018After spending years unravelling the mysteries of the dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn has finally run out of fuel.
Strange 1,500km-long cloud spotted on Mars
Nov 1, 2018ESA's Mars Express orbiter has photographed a long white cloud lingering eerily over the planet's surface.
NASA's Kepler telescope is officially dead
Oct 31, 2018The ground-breaking space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 exoplanets has finally run out of fuel.
Odds of finding life on Mars by 2021 are '50/50'
Oct 27, 2018Scientists developing Europe's new ExoMars rover are optimistic about its chances of finding life on Mars.
BepiColombo probe is on its way to Mercury
VIDEO Oct 20, 2018The ambitious new mission will see two satellites placed in to orbit around the closest planet to the Sun.
Bizarre solar system is baffling astronomers
Oct 16, 2018Four gargantuan planets have been observed orbiting a relatively young star approximately 500 light years away.
Neptune-sized extrasolar moon discovered
Oct 4, 2018Astronomers have found what is thought to be the first confirmed moon in orbit around an extrasolar world.
New dwarf planet 'The Goblin' discovered
Oct 2, 2018The important new find also hints at the presence of another, much larger planet in the outer solar system.
Hadron Collider could 'shrink Earth to 330ft'
Sep 30, 2018Astronomer Royal Martin Rees has warned that a failed particle accelerator experiment could prove disastrous.
Elon Musk reveals image of 'Mars Base Alpha'
Sep 25, 2018The ever-ambitious entrepreneur is aiming to construct a human colony on the Red Planet by as early as 2028.
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