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Juno probe is less than a month from Jupiter
Jun 10, 2016NASA's latest interplanetary spacecraft will be entering in to orbit around Jupiter on July 4th.
Life-seeking space probe blasts off for Mars
VIDEO Mar 14, 2016The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) successfully launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan this morning.
Astronauts heard 'music' on moon's far side
VIDEO Feb 21, 2016The crew of Apollo 10 recalled hearing strange 'space music' while orbiting the far side of the moon.
Planet takes 1 million years to orbit its sun
Jan 26, 2016Astronomers have identified what is believed to be the largest solar system ever discovered.
Could orbiting space junk cause World War 3 ?
Jan 26, 2016Scientists have warned that space debris collisions could have the potential to provoke armed conflict.
'Strong evidence' in case for 9th planet
Jan 21, 2016Astronomers in the US believe that there could be a large undiscovered planet in our own solar system.
Apollo 16 rocket impact site mystery solved
Jan 9, 2016Scientists have finally discovered the spot where Apollo 16's S-IVB rocket stage impacted on the moon.
New SpaceShipTwo to be unveiled next month
Jan 5, 2016Virgin Galactic will be debuting the second of its suborbital space tourism vehicles in February.
Secret US Cold War space station revealed
Jan 5, 2016The United States once planned to build an orbiting outpost to help gather intelligence about the USSR.
'Alien structure' found around distant star?
VIDEO Oct 14, 2015Astronomers have been left puzzled by a star that appears to have an unexplained mass orbiting around it.
Juno spacecraft to reach Jupiter next year
Jul 19, 2015NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft will be arriving in orbit around Jupiter in around 12 months' time.
Mars-like extrasolar planet discovered
Jun 20, 2015Astronomers have identified a planet the size of Mars orbiting a star 200 light years from the Earth.
Pluto's moons tumble about in absolute chaos
Jun 4, 2015The smaller moons of Pluto are now believed to wobble about unpredictably as they orbit the dwarf planet.
Space debris poses real-life 'Gravity' threat
May 7, 2015The events of the hit movie could become a reality thanks to the large amounts of junk in Earth's orbit.
Cosmic rays could damage astronauts' brains
May 2, 2015Cosmic radiation could be the single biggest problem for future astronauts embarking on a trip to Mars.
Messenger spacecraft smashes in to Mercury
May 1, 2015After more than a decade in space NASA's Messenger spacecraft has ended its mission with a bang.
Star Wars fans send X-Wing in to space
VIDEO Apr 30, 2015Two amateur astronomers have succeeded in placing a model fighter in to orbit using a weather balloon.
ISS astronaut dons Star Trek uniform in space
Apr 21, 2015Samantha Cristoforetti did her best Captain Janeway impression for an epic orbital selfie this week.
NASA plans to give the moon its own moon
VIDEO Mar 26, 2015Robotic grapples will be used to place a boulder from a large asteroid in to orbit around the moon.
Dawn probe arrives in orbit around Ceres
Mar 7, 2015The spacecraft is now set to spend the next 16 months studying the largest object in the asteroid belt.
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