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The final frontier: This is where Nasa's Cassini spacecraft plunged and burnt into pieces
Cassini was more than 600,000km away from Saturn when the images for the mosaic were taken.
Shubham Sharma Feb 21, 2018
Why Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is on 'precautionary standby'
The spacecraft's original mission was just for two years and has seen five extensions.
Shubham Sharma Feb 20, 2018
Nasa celebrates Opportunity rover's 5,000th day on Mars, shares its first full selfie
Nasa planned a 90-day long mission for the rover in 2004 but Opportunity denied giving up and is still doing a great job on the Red Planet.
Shubham Sharma Feb 18, 2018
Nasa's Hubble photo reveals breathtaking beauty of galaxy embracing baby stars 20 million light years away
The spiral galaxy's swirling arms are where new stars are born, whose high temperatures make them shine a bright blue.
India Ashok Feb 15, 2018
Nasa's sun-watching satellite captures incredible photo of a total solar eclipse in space
The total solar eclipse captured by Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), kicked off this year's eclipse season.
India Ashok Feb 14, 2018
Nasa sending space submarine to explore Kraken Mare, the -184°C alien ocean on Titan
The ocean, named Kraken Mare, measures 400,000 sq km and is mainly composed of liquid methane at -184 degrees Celsius.
Aristos Georgiou Feb 13, 2018
The Mars-Scotland connection becomes crystal clear thanks to Nasa's Curiosity Rover
Coincidentally, the crystals were discovered at a site on the Red Planet called Jura – named after a small island off the country's west coast.
Aristos Georgiou Feb 09, 2018
Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft makes history by capturing the 'farthest image ever' from Earth
New Horizons' record-breaking image was captured when it was even farther away from Earth than Nasa's Voyager 1 when it captured the infamous "Pale Blue Dot" photo of Earth.
India Ashok Feb 09, 2018
Watch: Astronauts play space badminton for the first time ever on the International Space Station
A video posted by Russian space agency Roscomos shows the badminton shuttle zip across in zero gravity as ISS astronauts float about playing the game.
India Ashok Feb 07, 2018
British hacker Lauri Love escapes extradition to US over FBI and Nasa breach
Lauri Love has won his appeal against extradition to the United States for allegedly hacking the Federal Reserve and US Army.
James Hetherington Feb 05, 2018
Here is how Nasa plans to use the next massive volcanic eruption to tackle global warming
The ash spewing from the volcano could be the key to cooling down our planet and prevent our ozone layer from being damaged.
Shubham Sharma Feb 04, 2018
Watch Nasa conduct hot fire test of 3D-printed engine parts of Space Launch System
The SLS rocket engine is one of the most powerful rockets ever made and can launch a spacecraft into deep space.
Immanuel Jotham Feb 04, 2018
New alien planets have just been found outside Milky Way in a galaxy 3.8 billion light years away
Astrophysicists discovered the cluster of extragalactic planets using an astronomical phenomenon called microlensing.
India Ashok Feb 03, 2018
How was Nasa's lost Image satellite found? Mysterious power boost likely helped transmit new signal
The data gathered during the Image spacecraft's five-year mission led to around 40 new discoveries about Earth's magnetosphere and plasmasphere.
India Ashok Feb 03, 2018
Astronauts don't eat enough because food floats in their stomachs
Nasa focuses on encouraging astronauts to eat more in space to reduce dangerous body and bone mass loss in orbit.
Claire Toureille Feb 01, 2018
100-million-year-old dinosaur and mammal footprints found at Nasa space flight centre
The slab of rock, nearly as big as a dining table, tells how mammals and dinosaurs interacted in the Cretaceous era.
Shubham Sharma Feb 01, 2018
America celebrates 60 years in space: This is our pick of Nasa's greatest triumphs
Sixty years ago, the US launched its first satellite - Explorer I - into space, kick-starting decades of scientific discovery.
Aristos Georgiou Jan 31, 2018
Watch Nasa's epic panoramic vista showcasing Mars Curiosity rover's six-year-long mission
The photo is a combination of 16 different shots taken by the Curiosity rover's MastCam imager from a vantage point.
Shubham Sharma Jan 31, 2018
Kessler Syndrome: Here's how we plan to save the world from space debris
The Surrey Space Centre is leading a Europe-wide initiative to tackle a truly global problem through the RemoveDebris mission.
Ben Taylor Jan 31, 2018
Astronauts could make 'Marmite' from their own faeces
Recycling solid and liquid waste into Marmite and Vegemite "microbial goo" could be the key to lasting food supplies in space.
James Hetherington Jan 26, 2018
Nasa Gold: Mission to study the 'intermingling' of outer space and Earth begins
Nasa's Gold mission will learn how charged waves of magnetism and hurricanes down on Earth affect the upper atmosphere.
Immanuel Jotham Jan 25, 2018
Nasa's Kepler telescope discovers three 'Super-Earths' orbiting cool dwarf star
The Kepler telescope has so far identified more than 2,300 confirmed exoplanets since beginning operations in 2009.
Aristos Georgiou Jan 23, 2018
NASA is set to reveal its plans to send humans to the moon once again - on Trump's orders
The announcement will come two months after Donald Trump signed a new space policy directive instructing Nasa to return to the moon.
Aristos Georgiou Jan 23, 2018
How does space travel affect the eye? Astronauts' retinal nerves found damaged after months in orbit
The finding comes as Nasa continues to prepare for missions to Mars and beyond.
Shubham Sharma Jan 22, 2018
What is shape memory alloy? Nasa tests revolutionary material to make aircraft wings foldable
The light material will also be tested on an F-18 fighter jet to make its wings foldable.
Shubham Sharma Jan 21, 2018
This week in Space: Asteroid flyby, China's space junk zapping laser, invisible black holes and more
From potentially hazardous asteroids to Saturn's moon Titan's incredible similarities to Earth – these are the best space stories of the week.
India Ashok Jan 20, 2018
Is Saturn's moon eerily similar to Earth? Nasa's Cassini finds Titan sea-levels just like our planet
A new study based on data from the Cassini spacecraft reveals that Titan's seas lie at an average elevation, like Earth's oceans.
India Ashok Jan 18, 2018
2002 AJ129: Kilometre-wide 'potentially hazardous' asteroid is hurtling towards Earth
In two weeks' time, a kilometre-wide space rock will skim past the Earth at speeds of around 67,000mph.
Jan 17, 2018
Hubble captures the biggest, brightest galaxy cluster in an incredible cosmic shot
The closely-packed group of galaxies is located some 9.7 billion light years away from Earth.
Shubham Sharma Jan 17, 2018
How to deal with space debris? China wants to shoot it down with giant lasers
The laser beams, emitted for a few minutes, would be enough to zap the junk into smaller, less harmful pieces.
Shubham Sharma Jan 16, 2018
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