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Hubble detects extraordinary pitch-black planet that 'eats' light
WASP-12b lies 1,400 light years from Earth and is twice the size of Jupiter.
Despite broken wheels, Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover continues to explore the red planet
'All six wheels have more than enough working lifespan remaining to get the vehicle to all destinations planned'.
What is Brane? An ultrathin blanket-like spacecraft that could clear space debris with ease
It will be 2 dimensional, a yard across, and half the thickness of human hair.
Nasa releases photos of melting glaciers on Greenland
This year's summer Icebridge mission started on 25 August and will go on till 21 September.
Star Wars-themed mission patch created for ISS US National Lab will represent all research for 2017
The patch is shaped like the Millennium Falcon and will feature fan favourited droids as well as the Death Star.
Nasa releases stunning new photos of Martian sand sheets and star dunes
The images published by Nasa were taken by the CRISM and HiRISE cameras orbiting Mars.
Life on Mars: Search for alien life finds new hope in fascinating chemical discovery
Nasa has detected a key ingredient for life for the first time on the Red Planet.
Voyager 1: The furthest man-made object from Earth celebrates 40 years in space
The probe is currently travelling through interstellar space at speeds of nearly 40,000 mph
Hubble hints that 3 Earth-sized exoplanets may have substantial amounts of water
The planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system are promising candidates in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Nasa's Cassini spacecraft will plunge into Saturn to prevent humanity destroying alien life
After nearly 20 years in space, the probe is coming to the end of its mission.
Nasa's new Mars mission InSight hopes to uncover the mysteries of the Red Planet's interior
InSight is set for launch in May 2018.
What is Dream Chaser? Nasa's new generation, wingless space planes are 'aerospace workhorses'
It can be reused more than 15 times and carry up to 7 people into low earth orbit
Heart-warming photo of US woman helping her 93-year-old father witness solar eclipse goes viral
The elderly man is seen resting his head on his daughter's chest as she tilts his wheelchair to give him a good view.
Nasa has a $3.5bn plan to avert the catastrophic eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano
Yellowstone, one of 20 known supervolcanoes, could be the biggest threat to human life on Earth.
Elon Musk reveals first superhero-inspired SpaceX spacesuit
Suit has already undergone vacuum testing to work in space, Musk says.
Nasa powers up Orion spacecraft that will carry man to the moon, Mars and beyond for the first time
Orion is destined to take humans "father into space than we've ever gone", officials said.
The world's first 3D printed satellite has been launched into space
Nanosatellite casing and battery packs created on 3D printer launched from International Space Station
One of the largest near-Earth asteroids will sweep past us in September
Asteroid Florence spans 4.4km and will be visible with small telescopes from the ground.
SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully delivers 3 tonnes of supplies, experiments and ice cream to ISS
'You guys have just won yourselves some fresh food', ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen said from Houston.
'Doomsday' Apophis asteroid has 1 in 100,000 chance of hitting us this century
The odds of a devastating collision are much lower than previously thought.
How to watch SpaceX's 12th commercial resupply launch to the International Space Station
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will lift an unmanned Dragon spacecraft carrying more than 6,400 pounds of supplies.
Supercomputer being sent into space to see if it can survive a mission to Mars
First-of-its-kind experiment from Hewlett Packard Enterprise stress tests PC aboard ISS for one year.
Asteroid as big as a house will fly by between the Earth and Moon this October
Asteroid has already been spotted flying close to Earth in 2012.
Boeing discovers trick that could change the way planes fly - by copying geese
Flying aircraft in a v-formation for 'wake surfing' could make flights more fuel-efficient.
Nasa to set up laser-ranging station at Norway's Svalbard to track satellites, ice sheets
This will be a part of Nasa's global network of space geodetic stations that measure the size and shape of the Earth.
The Perseid meteor shower won't damage Earth – but the comet it comes from might in 2126
The main concern is for astronomers working on the International Space Station.
Could EmDrive save the planet from a world-ending asteroid strike?
EmDrive inventor Roger Shawyer excited that Salvation is featuring controversial space propulsion tech.
Innovation must be about mastering the art of the 'feasible' rather than the 'impossible'
The trouble begins when heads of innovation start to believe their own hype without a defined plan.
Kenya elections 2017: Huge pre-dawn queues to vote in knife-edge election
Voters formed long lines at many polling stations before dawn, waiting for their chance to cast ballots in the tightly contested race.
Kenya braced for closely-fought election between Odinga and Kenyatta
Nervous Kenyans are stockpiling food and water on the eve of an election that many fear could descend into violence.