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Lopez hopes his technology will detect potential oil pipe leaks before they happen.

Juno will pass Earth around 350 miles from the planet's surface today.

Nasa's Earth Observing-1 satellite captures images of island formed in Arabian Sea after Pakistan earthquake.

Martian soil analysed by Curiosity rover shows it contains water.

Measurements show spacecraft left heliosphere in August last year.

The UFOs appeared in a recording made by the Space Station's observation cameras.

LADEE's £180m mission will last six months and end with probe crashing into Moon's surface.

Space engineering expert from Kingston University speaks out against project to colonise Mars.

Mega-canyon thought to predate ice sheet that has covered Greenland for millions of years.

Scott Waring says UFO spotted over moon is proof aliens really do exist.

The images of the UFO were taken by Rear Hazard Avoidance Cameras (Rear Hazcams).

Hubble Space Telescope left in the shade by astronomical camera with mirror twice as large.

Nasa’s Mars rover Curiosity has captured latest images that show a large moon of Mars passing a smaller moon in a night on the red planet.

Scientists argue over whether space history made with Nasa 1 crossing galaxy's boundary into outer space.

More than 100,000 people have enrolled in the Mars One project, which will send eight people on a one-way trip to the Red Planet.

Annual Perseid meteor shower expected to reach peak of approximately 100 streaks per hour during 12 and 13 August

Nasa scientists exploring the possibility that Europa has life within its interior ocean.

Magnetic field of sun changes polarity every 11 years.

Curiosity rover has been on the red planet for a year.

An eclipse that happened outside our Solar System has been recorded for the first time since the discoveries of planets in stellar systems other than the Sun’s.

Object captured flying over skies of Denton in amateur video.

A new smartphone game called GameGene will allow players to contribute to cancer treatment research just by playing.

Astronaut Luca Parmitano helped back into ISS as concern over water 'leak' ends mission.

Astronomer Ian Morison says Venus should be easily visible in night sky in July.

Comet Ison hails from the Oort Cloud, 18 trillion miles from the sun.

Computer visionary who developed early versions of internet and email dies at home in California.

UK Sunjammer team is helping push back the boundaries of science.

Expert testifies that injections given to singer induced sleepless 'coma state' in weeks leading up to death.

A comparison of the chemical composition of surface rocks from Mars and meteorites on Earth reveals differences in nickel and sulphur content

Supermoon 2013 heralds weekend of natural disasters, predict soothsayers.