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Crab Nebula: 5 telescopes combine to create mesmerising and detailed image of supernova

The Crab Nebula is located in the Taurus constellation.

Nasa says SpaceX may send two Red Dragon spacecraft to Mars in 2020 in case one fails

Given the hazardous landing conditions on Mars, this will double the chances of a successful touchdown on the red planet.

Lava waves on Io: Jupiter's volcano moon seen in unprecedented detail thanks to rare planet alignment

Lava lake Loki Patera on Io is the most volcanic site in the entire solar system.

Spectacular near space image taken by high school students with a balloon

The magnificent image depicts an azure blue sky from space with white clouds floating around.

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Nasa says Russia, US and China are the biggest space polluters

Russia accounts for more space debris than any other country.

SpaceX plans to launch its own internet-providing satellite system in 2019

SpaceX gave the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology an update on its ambitious plans.

Time travel has been proven mathematically possible – we just need exotic matter to build a machine

A new mathematical model uses Einstein theory of general relativity to describe a viable time machine.

Giant intergalactic wave seen surging through nearby Perseus cluster

It is a large anomaly in the biggest kind of gravity-bound structure there is in the universe.

Cassini on its final mission sends back closest ever photos of Saturn's rings

Cassini's next dive between Saturn and its innermost rings is scheduled for 2 May.

This is how we'll build houses out of soil on Mars

Bricks made from Mars-like soil are stronger than reinforced concrete.

Nasa struggling with new spacesuits even after spending $200m

New spacesuits will not be ready before the International Space Station's closure in 2024.

What causes solar eruptions? Scientists find new clues to help us understand how they affect Earth

Scientists are trying to learn more about the Sun's activity to prepare for the impact of its eruptions on Earth.

China in talks with ESA to build 'moon village' as potential launch pad for future Mars missions

China has recently ramped up its space programme and plans to launch a lunar mission in 2018.

Evidence of multiverse? 'Cold Spot' could be sign we just bumped into another parallel universe

The anomaly of the universe's Cold Spot could be explained by a collision with another universe.

Google Doodle pays tribute to the Cassini spacecraft in final Saturn mission before destruction

Cassini will undertake some cosmic acrobatics as part of its grand finale orbit.

Ultra-slow pulsar XB091D should be slowing down, but it has started to speed up

Pulsars usually rotate more slowly as they age, but XB091D is spinning faster.

Nasa probe reveals Mars has metal in its atmosphere that can unearth ‘previously invisible activity’

Donald Trump wants humans on Mars by 2020

The president made the surprise announcement while talking live to the International Space Station.

Brightness of Saturn's largest Moon Titan provides new tool to study mysterious exoplanets

Titan is brighter at twilight that in daylight, according to a new study.

Unmanned Chinese cargo ship Tianzhou-1 docks with Tiangong-2 space lab

China hopes to have its own crewed space station in orbit by 2022.

Cassini begins final journey towards Saturn as Nasa puts probe on path to destruction

Cassini will be first man-made probe to explore within Saturn's rings before self-destructing.

Earth Day 2017: Nasa's best photos showing the beauty of our planet from space

Check out some of the best photos clicked by Nasa's satellites and International Space Station.

First incredible image of dusty 'space hamburger' captured spinning around young star

Accretion disks that form around young star as nickname 'dusty space hamburger'.

Extremely unlikely twist of fate reveals supernova's secrets through gravity lens

Cosmic alignment of supernova iPTF16geu with gravity lens reveals stunning images.

India to launch 104 satellites on 15February

India's space agency sets sights on moon to mine energy

A professor at Isro recently revealed that lunar dust mining programme is a priority for the space agency.

Watch Russian and American astronauts take off for ISS on board Soyuz MS-04 from Kazakhstan

Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and American astronaut Jack Fischer will travel on a 6-hour course to the ISS.

New rocky planet discovered 39 light years away from our Sun lies in "habitable zone"

The exoplanet LHS 1140b is transiting the small cool star with a circular orbit.

Follow astronaut Chris Hadfield on a journey through the Solar System in new documentary

The film, Miniverse, scales down the Solar System to the size of the US.

More than 500,000 pieces of space junk are tracked every day by NASA

Space junk could increase catastrophic collisions by 50% warn scientists

Concerns have increased over the growth in space debris especially from private space explorers.

Vast halo of hydrogen gas engulfing the entire Milky Way seen for the first time

The enormous halo of hydrogen gas makes up a big portion of the galaxy's ordinary matter.

Watch Nasa's first live 360-degree video of rocket launch

The 360-degree viewing experience will take you virtually to the launch pad itself.

Lyrid meteor shower 2017: How to look at spectacular 'shooting stars' passing by in night sky

The Lyrid meteor shower will peak on 22 April at dawn.

Two supermassive black holes discovered hiding in tiny galaxies

Scientists think they have solved why such large black holes come to be in surprisingly small galaxies.

Watch live as massive asteroid the size of Shanghai Tower comes close to Earth

Nicknamed 'The Rock', the asteroid will fly by at a safe distance of 1.8 million kilometres.

Cassini snaps closest ever photo of Saturn's bizarre 'flying saucer' moon Atlas

The latest image will help scientists characterise the moon's shape and geology.

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