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NASA hopes to send a spacecraft to the Sun
9-5-2010 |
24
NASA are planning to send a spacecraft in to the outer atmosphere of the Sun in an ambitious new project.
Killing space blast 'off the hook'
9-1-2010 | 7
The theory that a large impact from space killed off mammoths and other beasts 13,000 years ago has been discounted.
Microbes survive 553 days in space
8-24-2010 | 5
Bacteria placed outside the International Space Station was found to be still alive after 553 days in space.
Amateur rocket to send humans in to space
8-24-2010 | 9
The world's first amateur rocket designed to carry humans in to space has been developed in Denmark.
Hayabusa 2 will seek the origins of life in space
8-20-2010 | 0
A successor to Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft could launch as early as 2014 to explore the origins of life.
Robonaut 2 prepares to go in to space
8-17-2010 | 6
NASA's Robonaut 2 will soon be the first human-like robot to go in to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Stars reveal carbon 'spaceballs'
7-23-2010 | 7
The largest ever known molecules the size of footballs have been detected in cosmic dust around a distant star.
Space elevator on the moon within 10 years ?
7-21-2010 | 29
Entrepreneur Michael Laine believes we possess the technology to build a space elevator on the surface of the moon.
Rosetta probe has close encounter with asteroid
7-12-2010 | 3
ESA's Rosetta probe has flown within 1900 miles of the largest asteroid ever visited by a spacecraft.
Was the Round Table an amphitheatre ?
7-12-2010 | 3
Historians believe that King Arthur's legendary Round Table was actually the space inside a Roman amphitheatre.
Could Venus have ever supported life ?
6-27-2010 | 3
The European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft is helping to determine if Venus ever had oceans.
What if ET isn't using radio signals ?
6-22-2010 | 32
For years astronomers have listened for intelligent radio signals coming from space but what if ET isn't using radio ?
'Killer space rock' hunt to begin
6-18-2010 | 6
A new observatory designed to search for objects that could pose a threat to the Earth has begun operations.
Virgin space tourists could launch from Scotland
6-15-2010 | 8
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism flights could launch from an RAF base in Scotland.
US rocket launch sparks Australia UFO frenzy
6-6-2010 | 18
The Space X Falcon 9 sparked a plethora of UFO sighting reports over Australia this weekend.
Approaching "unidentified object" is space junk
6-2-2010 | 12
An object recently detected by astronomers as it whizzed past the Earth has turned out to be space junk.
Asteroid probe 'on home straight'
6-1-2010 | 3
Japan's unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft is on its way back to Earth carrying samples of the asteroid Itokawa.
Japan plans robotic moon base by 2020
5-29-2010 | 14
Japan's space agency has unveiled plans to put a base on the moon by 2020 built and populated by robots.
The Eridanus Void: is it a giant black hole ?
5-26-2010 | 17
A radical new theory suggests that a billion light-year void in space is actually one enormous black hole.
Japan prepares launch of first true solar sail
5-15-2010 | 9
The Japanese space agency will be launching the first ever spacecraft fully propelled by a solar sail.
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