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Nasa takes first step toward laser-powered high-speed 'internet of the sky'
Nasa's long-term project is aimed at boosting communications technology for future missions to the moon and Mars and beyond.
Nasa astronaut Alan Bean: Aliens exist, but they haven't visited Earth yet
Bean says that if an advanced alien civilisation had been to Earth they would have made contact.
Ageing process reversed in mice – and Nasa wants the technology for its Mars mission
Scientists think they have found the mechanism responsible for DNA damage as we age.
Record high sea levels threaten China's coasts
Sea levels are rising at China's coasts by more than 3mm a year.
UK teen outsmarts Nasa geniuses by spotting data errors undetected for months
Seventeen-year-old Miles Solomon informed Nasa scientists that "negative energy" doesn't exist.
Global sea ice at minimum as Antarctic and Arctic smash record lows
Ice extent in the Arctic has been decreasing steadily, but Antarctic ice has taken a sudden dip.
Watch how this insanely smart dartboard moves to make sure you hit bullseye every time
Former Nasa engineer spends three years creating a robotic dartboard that makes sure you never miss.
Nasa spots cracks on Mars Curiosity rover due to harsh conditions on the red planet
However, Nasa said the rover should be able to travel the required distance to complete its planned mission.
Where no music has gone before: Nasa is sending Chuck Berry's music to the stars aboard Voyagers
Nasa's Voyagers will fly into interstellar space carrying golden records with music and messages from earthlings.
Mars colonisation: SpaceX and Nasa working together to identify landing spots
One region with no rocky surface and proximity to ice has already been shortlisted.
Stephen Hawking talks about his space travel plans, Brexit, Trump and the meaning of happiness
In a new interview, Hawking said: 'I fear that I may not be welcome' in America.
Nasa's James Webb telescope haunted by ghosts? Eerie image of lights out inspection will surprise you
James Webb is the most powerful and the largest ever built telescope.
How to predict when the Arctic sea ice will reach its lowest level
Study allows scientists to predict Arctic minimum sea ice more accurately and further in advance.
Huge clouds of ammonia hanging over world's major farmlands have been detected from space
The US, Europe, China and India are each sitting under huge pools of ammonia in the atmosphere.
Is India planning to brew beer on the Moon?
Unusual question was asked in Indian Parliament.
Nasa responds to Donald Trump's budget - it will use the money to fly as far away from him as it can
Space agency said it would be 'reshaping' its focus based on the resources available.
Nitrogen bubbles on Saturn's moon Titan help solve mystery of 'magic islands'
Nasa experiments have shown how bubbles may form in cold liquid methane on the surface of Titan.
Astronomers have found a star orbiting a black hole twice in an hour in the 'closest orbit ever'
The discovery was made using deep space telescopes in Australia and Nasa's Chandra and NuStar.
Nasa wants to use the Sun as a giant telescope to study alien planets
Scientists propose to apply Albert Einstein's theory of relativity to achieve this feat.
Watch Nasa satellites capture massive winter storm 'March' across the US
A state of emergency was declared in New York and New Jersey due to the storm.
Mysterious celestial object could be an elusive brown dwarf or a free-floating planet
The object is not part of the AB Doradus moving group, as previous hypothesised.
Belgian astronomers who found solar system name it after a beer
The recently-discovered system has a very Belgian connection.
Nasa finds India's lost Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft missing for 8 years orbiting the moon
The Indian spacecraft was last heard from in August 2009, before disappearing into space.
Nasa has made raw data on Trappist-1 from its Kepler observations free for all space buffs
Nasa spent 74 days observing Trappist-1 from the Kepler Space Telescope as part of its K2 mission.
First 'super potato' grown in Mars climate simulator
The tubers grew remarkably well in extremely dry soil under a Martian atmosphere simulated in a tiny, hermetically sealed box.
Autonomous cars must learn to drive the Italian way, the German way and every way in-between
Nissan's Stewart Callegari explains how driving cultures affect autonomous cars.
Ryan Gosling and Damien Chazelle's Neil Armstrong biopic lands 2018 release date
With Spotlight scribe Josh Singer penning the script, it seems like this space biopic is eyeing up Oscars...
Long journeys to Mars puts astronauts at greater risk of leukaemia
Prolonged exposure to radiation in space could affect astronauts' hematopoietic stem cells.
Why Nasa wants to create the coldest place in the universe by flying an ice box to space
Nasa's Cold Atom Lab has been designed to create temperatures 'over a 100 million times colder than the depths of space.'
Nasa plans to protect Mars with a magnetic shield to give it an Earth-like atmosphere
Nasa believes a magnetic field around Mars could help further human exploration and colonisation.