NASA

Operation IceBridge airborne laboratory allows scientists to study the effects of climate change on sea ice, glaciers, and ice sheets.

David Sim Nov 02, 2016

How Nasa's Scout and Sentry systems are watching the night sky for potentially deadly asteroids.

Oliver Cragg Oct 31, 2016

US space agency releases safety message confirming the dangers posed by lithium ion batteries.

Mary-Ann Russon Oct 28, 2016

The probe hit Mars at more than 180 miles per hour and may have exploded.

Martha Henriques Oct 28, 2016

A camera on Cassini spacecraft revealed a change in colour on the northern polar region of the planet which occurred in four years.

Léa Surugue Oct 26, 2016

The influx of warm ocean water beneath ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea has accelerated the loss of ice.

Léa Surugue Oct 25, 2016

Images captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft suggest new craters form quickly.

Léa Surugue Oct 12, 2016

The US military's X-37B space craft continues to confuse us all with its top-secret mission.

James Billington Oct 11, 2016

The outgoing president has vowed to work closer with private companies to get humans to Mars – and back – safely.

Priyanka Mogul Oct 11, 2016

Exposure to cosmic rays during deep space travel may damage the brains of astronauts.

Léa Surugue Oct 10, 2016

Space agency set to unveil findings from images of Jupiter's moon taken by Hubble Space Telescope.

Hannah Osborne Sep 26, 2016

International collaboration is central to the future of human space exploration – that and imagination.

Hannah Osborne Sep 21, 2016

Nasa wants Aurora Flight Sciences to create a demonstrator model for the super-efficient twin-hull aircraft.

Mary-Ann Russon Sep 16, 2016

Ice cover on 10 September was just 4.14 million sq/km – the same amount recorded in 2007.

Hannah Osborne Sep 16, 2016

After 20 years of research, Boeing and Nasa are getting closer and want to use the approach for X-Planes.

Mary-Ann Russon Sep 12, 2016

A new 360-degree video captures how Nasa astronauts are trained to be weightless before going into space.

Mary-Ann Russon Sep 08, 2016

The new finding upends traditional theories about how black holes form.

Aristos Georgiou Sep 08, 2016

Chemical engineer working on a similar space propulsion tech to EmDrive wants to demonstrate it in space.

Mary-Ann Russon Sep 05, 2016

A predictable wind pattern changed in a manner not seen in more than 60 years of record-keeping.

Aristos Georgiou Sep 05, 2016

The eclipse occurs when the Moon is at a point in its orbit, farther away from Earth.

India Ashok Sep 05, 2016

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics did accept the Eagleworks electromagnetic propulsion paper.

Mary-Ann Russon Sep 02, 2016

'We will keep working' to make up for satellite's shortfall, vows Facebook CEO.

Mary Papenfuss Sep 02, 2016

Nasa space shuttle commander's eyes were dilated and was unsteady on his feet, according to a state trooper.

Fiona Keating Sep 01, 2016

The 4km high cryovolcano was identified using images from Dawn spacecraft.

Hannah Osborne Sep 01, 2016

IBTimes UK explains the controversial space propulsion invention setting the global scientific community alight.

Mary-Ann Russon Sep 01, 2016

The cluster is the most distant ever to be detected and formed two-and-a-half billion years after the Big Bang.

Aristos Georgiou Aug 31, 2016

There's little chance planet can comply with Paris climate change accord, warn scientists.

Mary Papenfuss Aug 31, 2016

The object, which lies 12,000 light years from Earth, has perplexed astronomers for years

Aristos Georgiou Aug 30, 2016

Dr José Rodal says the paper has been accepted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Mary-Ann Russon Aug 30, 2016

The conditions replicated as closely as possible a trip to the Red planet.

Mary Papenfuss Aug 29, 2016