SPACE

Harnessing plasma for long duration space travel comes with big obstacles

Gary Li Jul 29, 2016

Creators of Star Trek understood principals and limitations of time travel well

Lloyd Strickland Jul 29, 2016

Deep space radiation exposure believed to be responsible for increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

Hannah Osborne Jul 28, 2016

There is reason to believe we could learn an alien language despite barriers we would face.

James Carney Jul 28, 2016

Massive storm in Jupiter's southern hemisphere could solve Jupiter's 'energy crisis', scientists say.

Hannah Osborne Jul 27, 2016

A selection of images on the shortlist for Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016.

David Sim Jul 27, 2016

Shooting stars from Delta Aquarid meteor shower will light up night sky from end of July to mid-August.

Staff Reporter Jul 24, 2016

Rare double transit of planets allowed scientists to analyse two potentially habitable worlds.

Hannah Osborne Jul 20, 2016

Round-up of exoplanets would help astronomers focus on 'gems' when James Webb telescope is launched in 2018.

Hannah Osborne Jul 19, 2016

Astronomer says space station will not cause widespread death and destruction as feared

Daniel Brown Jul 19, 2016

MeerKAT will become a part of the international Square Kilometre Array project, which is slated to be set up by 2020

India Ashok Jul 18, 2016

The Mars rover will share some of its hardware from its predecessor the Curiosity rover to save costs

India Ashok Jul 16, 2016

Theoretical physicist answers questions on what would happen if you got sucked into a black hole

Hannah Osborne Jul 16, 2016

The map helps scientists to study dark energy - a mysterious force driving the universe's rapid expansion

India Ashok Jul 15, 2016

Physicists show how Big Bounce theory of the universe could be possible - thanks to quantum mechanics.

Hannah Osborne Jul 13, 2016

The image shows the sunlit part of the planet and three of its four moons.

Brendan Cole Jul 13, 2016

Last panel of FAST telescope was fitted on 3 July and it will begin operations in September.

Elias Brinks Jul 12, 2016

Spectacular view of Orion Nebula reveals 10 times more brown dwarfs and low-mass objects than were known.

Hannah Osborne Jul 12, 2016

The funds will be used to develop a ground-based demonstrator of its Sabre engine.

Kedar Grandhi Jul 12, 2016

The crew members on board the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft met their counterparts from Expedition 48 at ISS.

Ananya Roy Jul 09, 2016

Exoplanet is four times as big as Jupiter and orbits in between the first star and its two other stars.

Hannah Osborne Jul 07, 2016

Producer spoke to IBTimes UK about Arrow Media's relationship with Nasa and how Destination:Jupiter was made.

Lucia Binding Jul 07, 2016

Over 7,000 tons of space debris orbit Earth and at present there is no way to get rid of it.

Hannah Osborne Jul 05, 2016

The spacecraft left Earth five years ago and will examine the giant planet.

Brendan Cole Jul 05, 2016

Giant impact on Red Planet could have produced many moons, but only Phobos and Deimos survived.

Hannah Osborne Jul 04, 2016

Nasa's Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter on 4 July after a five-year journey from Earth.

Hannah Osborne Jul 04, 2016

Reflector of the telescope in Pingtang county is the size of 30 football fields.

Ananya Roy Jul 04, 2016

ULA is planning to cut another 400-500 jobs in 2017, according to its CEO Tory Bruno.

Kedar Grandhi Jul 02, 2016

The latest deep images allow scientists to see very distant galaxies, looking far back in time to within 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

Léa Surugue Jul 01, 2016