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First 'luxury space hotel' to launch in 2021
Apr 6, 2018Space tourism startup Orion Span is offering guests the opportunity to spend 12 days orbiting the planet.
Curiosity rover celebrates 2,000 days on Mars
VIDEO Mar 23, 2018NASA's flagship rover has now been trundling across the surface of the Red Planet for more than five years.
Astronomer announces the discovery of... Mars
Mar 22, 2018One astronomer was left red-faced this week after he mistook the planet Mars for an undiscovered star.
New spacecraft could nuke incoming asteroids
Mar 11, 2018NASA is working with US nuclear authorities to develop a spacecraft that can nuke dangerous space rocks.
Hunt for Earth 2.0 yields 95 new exoplanets
VIDEO Feb 18, 2018A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
Evidence of extragalactic planets discovered
Feb 8, 2018Scientists have used microlensing to discover planets in a galaxy over 3.8 billion light years away.
Were dinosaurs a victim of their own success?
Feb 7, 2018The dinosaurs' total domination of our planet may have played a major role in their eventual demise.
Trappist-1 planets are likely to be habitable
Feb 5, 2018It is looking increasingly likely that the Trappist-1 system's seven worlds could be home to alien life.
Scientists develop new alien-hunting method
Jan 25, 2018A lack of carbon monoxide on a methane-rich world could indicate the presence of extraterrestrial life.
James Webb Space Telescope completes tests
VIDEO Jan 11, 2018The next generation telescope will enable us to directly study the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
Skull-shaped asteroid to return in 2018
Dec 21, 2017The disconcertingly-shaped space rock was last seen hurtling past our planet back in October 2015.
NASA finds entire solar system like our own
VIDEO Dec 14, 2017The space agency has made an important new exoplanet discovery using a Google artificial intelligence.
NASA teases new extrasolar planet discovery
Dec 11, 2017The space agency will be making an announcement on Thursday about its latest groundbreaking discovery.
Scientists record the Earth's mysterious hum
Dec 8, 2017Our planet is making a continuous low humming sound and nobody is quite sure what is causing it.
Could dust have carried alien life to Earth ?
Nov 20, 2017Scientists believe that interstellar dust streams might be able to transfer organisms between planets.
New Earth-sized extrasolar planet discovered
Nov 16, 2017Situated just 11 light years away, Ross 128 b is shaping up to be a promising place to look for life.
15,000 scientists issue 'warning to humanity'
Nov 13, 2017Thousands of scientists from 184 countries have issued a stark warning about the future of our planet.
Giant 'planet' found at the galaxy's center
Nov 11, 2017A mysterious world 4,000 times more massive than the Earth has been found lurking 22,000 light years away.
Proxima Centauri may have several planets
Nov 6, 2017Observations of our closest neighboring star have revealed the possible presence of multiple planets.
'Monster' planet discovered orbiting tiny star
Nov 1, 2017The planet, which is much too big for its star, defies our current understanding of planetary formation.
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