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SpaceX aborts second launch attempt for Intelsat 35e as Dragon capsule returns home

The second aborted launch came just hours after SpaceX successfully guided its Dragon capsule back to Earth.

7 days ago

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Nasa using supercomputers and 3D modelling to simulate asteroid impact scenarios

Nasa scientists are simulating the asteroid that broke up over Chelyabinsk to plan for future incidents.

8 days ago

By Mary-Ann Russon

NASA

Buzz Aldrin looked baffled during Trump's bizarre space talk and Twitter couldn't handle it

"This is so terrible and the best at the same time", one person quipped.

8 days ago

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Donald Trump Twitter

SpaceX aborts Falcon 9 launch for Intelsat 35e mission just 10 seconds before liftoff

"Another SpaceX launch today if weather is good," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted.

8 days ago

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Satellite images reveal China has built new military facilities on South China Sea's Spratly islands

China has new missile shelters, runways and radar and communications facilities on the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea.

11 days ago

By David Sim

Conflict Pictures

New Anonymous video claims Nasa is about to reveal evidence of alien life

The hacktivist collective's video reportedly cites articles from a conspiracy website.

15 days ago

By India Ashok

Anonymous NASA

Watch SpaceX make history with its second successful rocket launch and landing in one weekend

The Sunday launch marked the ninth one for SpaceX in 2017 - the most completed in a single year.

15 days ago

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Stephen Hawking just got dissed: His basic maths is wrong says scientist friend

Stephen Hawking's ideas about the origins of the universe challenged by one of his closest friends.

16 days ago

By Julian Kossoff

The Big Bang Theory

What are the Sun's spicules? Scientists uncover origins of solar plasma jets

The new findings help answer some long-standing questions in solar physics.

17 days ago

By India Ashok

Watch SpaceX successfully launch another reused rocket and pull off 'most difficult landing yet'

'Rocket is extra toasty', CEO Elon Musk tweeted after its successful launch and landing.

17 days ago

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

You can help astronomers find nearby Earth-like planets that support alien life

Astronomers are looking for new terrestrial planets around Proxima Centauri

18 days ago

By Guillem Anglada-Escudé

Jerry Nelson, legendary creator of ground-breaking telescope dead at 73

Tributes pour in for astronomer responsible for segmented mirror telescope technology.

18 days ago

By Associated Press

Astronomers find evidence of a new Mars-sized planet hiding in our solar system

Evidence of a new planet orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune, in the Kuiper belt.

18 days ago

By India Ashok

Massive dead disk galaxy observed for the first time challenges ideas of galaxy evolution

The galaxy stopped forming stars a few billion years after the big bang.

19 days ago

By Léa Surugue

NASA

Massive asteroid collision with Earth is inevitable - and we have never tested the technology to prevent it

Technologies to divert asteroids have yet to be tested.

20 days ago

By Léa Surugue

NASA

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Taylor Review fudge will do nothing to prevent the gig economy's race to the bottom

9 hours ago

By James Bloodworth

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SpaceX aborts second launch attempt for Intelsat 35e as Dragon capsule returns home

Nasa using supercomputers and 3D modelling to simulate asteroid impact scenarios

Buzz Aldrin looked baffled during Trump's bizarre space talk and Twitter couldn't handle it

SpaceX aborts Falcon 9 launch for Intelsat 35e mission just 10 seconds before liftoff

Satellite images reveal China has built new military facilities on South China Sea's Spratly islands

New Anonymous video claims Nasa is about to reveal evidence of alien life

Watch SpaceX make history with its second successful rocket launch and landing in one weekend

Stephen Hawking just got dissed: His basic maths is wrong says scientist friend

What are the Sun's spicules? Scientists uncover origins of solar plasma jets

Watch SpaceX successfully launch another reused rocket and pull off 'most difficult landing yet'

You can help astronomers find nearby Earth-like planets that support alien life

Jerry Nelson, legendary creator of ground-breaking telescope dead at 73

Astronomers find evidence of a new Mars-sized planet hiding in our solar system

Massive dead disk galaxy observed for the first time challenges ideas of galaxy evolution

Massive asteroid collision with Earth is inevitable - and we have never tested the technology to prevent it

Taylor Review fudge will do nothing to prevent the gig economy's race to the bottom

Taylor Review fudge will do nothing to prevent the gig economy's race to the bottom

Splatoon 2's single-player Hero Mode feels fresh despite very few changes

Splatoon 2's single-player Hero Mode feels fresh despite very few changes

Yemen is suffering at the hands of Saudi Arabia - and the UK is profiting

Yemen is suffering at the hands of Saudi Arabia - and the UK is profiting