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Space harpoon snags space junk in orbit
VIDEO Feb 17, 2019A spacecraft has successfully demonstrated how a harpoon can be used to clean up Earth's orbit.
New mission to explore origins of the cosmos
VIDEO Feb 16, 2019NASA is planning to launch a new near-infrared space observatory that will collect data on 300 million galaxies.
NASA is planning to 'go to the Moon to stay'
Feb 9, 2019The space agency is currently seeking partners to develop reusable lunar landing vehicles.
First close-up snaps of asteroid Bennu released
Jan 30, 2019NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has captured detailed images of the potentially hazardous asteroid.
Steam-powered space probe could work forever
Jan 22, 2019Scientists have developed a prototype for a steam-powered spacecraft that can refuel itself with water.
Space billboards could display ads in the sky
VIDEO Jan 20, 2019A firm in Russia is working to create the world's first space billboard using a constellation of small satellites.
Cotton seeds have started growing on the Moon
Jan 15, 2019In a world first, seeds carried to the Moon aboard China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft have actually started to sprout.
Mysterious signals are coming from deep space
Jan 10, 2019Astronomers have picked up a very unusual repeating signal from a distant galaxy and nobody knows what it is.
Quasar has brightness of 600 trillion suns
Jan 10, 2019The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the brightest quasar ever detected in the early universe.
First ever image from Moon's far side revealed
VIDEO Jan 3, 2019China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft has made history by being the first ever to touch down on the far side of the Moon.
New Horizons 'phones home' after historic flyby
Jan 1, 2019NASA's long-lived space probe has managed to pull off the most distant flyby of an object ever undertaken.
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.
Virgin Galactic has reached the edge of space
VIDEO Dec 16, 2018Sir Richard Branson's dream of sending tourists up in to space is now one step closer to becoming a reality.
Voyager 2 has now entered interstellar space
VIDEO Dec 10, 2018NASA has confirmed that the probe has become the second spacecraft ever to leave the heliosphere.
NASA's InSight lander records the Martian wind
VIDEO Dec 7, 2018NASA has released the first ever recording of the wind buffeting a spacecraft on the surface of Mars.
China to venture to the far side of the Moon
VIDEO Dec 6, 2018China's latest space mission will, for the first time, see a spacecraft attempt to land on the Moon's far side.
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 says he'll go to Mars even if it kills him
VIDEO Nov 26, 2018SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has stated that there is a '70 percent chance' that he will personally fly to Mars.
NASA prepares for '7 minutes of terror' on Mars
VIDEO Nov 24, 2018The space agency's InSight lander will be descending 80 miles through the Martian atmosphere on Monday.
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