NASA

The International Space Station could become a working "machine shop" in space

Zachary Davies Boren Sep 04, 2014

Google's initiative will create quantum processors to develop artificial intelligence technologies.

Anthony Cuthbertson Sep 03, 2014

Telescope gathers data before and after collision of asteroids around a star which could signal formation of planets.

Jayalakshmi K Aug 29, 2014

Defence giant will monitor space debris to better protect satellites and avoid space collisions.

Anthony Cuthbertson Aug 27, 2014

Cosmonauts claim to have found microscopic organisms on the exterior of the International Space Station.

Aaron Akinyemi Aug 23, 2014

Nasa is working on 'swarms' of robots that can work together like an ant colony.

Jayalakshmi K Aug 20, 2014

In images captured by the NuSTAR telescope the light from the X-ray source near the black hole seems to blur and stretch.

Jayalakshmi K Aug 13, 2014

Using a robotic unit attached to the Palomar telescope, astronomers have developed an efficient system that can scan the sky quicker than before.

Jayalakshmi K Aug 12, 2014

NASA-backed study finds sleep deprivation and sleeping pill habits are 'pervasive among astronauts'.

Aug 09, 2014

Google has added beautiful Nasa photos of the Moon and Mars to Google Earth. Here's how to use it

Mary-Ann Russon Aug 07, 2014

Researchers reveal that not all supernovas destroy the stars within them

Ben Skipper Aug 07, 2014

Long ridiculed scientist Roger Shawyer has been vindicated by new Nasa tests of his EmDrive technology.

Mary-Ann Russon Aug 06, 2014

British scientist Roger Shawyer tests his highly controversial space propulsion technology called EmDrive.

Alfred Joyner Aug 06, 2014

Nasa astronauts test Google Glass at underwater facility to assist with space missions

Anthony Cuthbertson Aug 06, 2014

Nasa has approved a study that claims to produce thrust using microwaves, something which has major implications for space flight.

Jayalakshmi K Aug 05, 2014

Nasa wants MakerBot 3D-printer users to design models for potential bases on Mars

Mary-Ann Russon Aug 01, 2014

Dr Cameron Smith believes a huge group will be required to set up human colonies on other planets.

Ben Skipper Jul 29, 2014

21 July marks the day Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon

Donald Sinclair Jul 21, 2014

History will remember Armstrong and Aldrin, but who was Michael Collins, Apollo 11's third man?

Ben Skipper Jul 20, 2014

NASA has released pictures, which will help common people spot the Apollo landing sites using a binocular.

Kabita Maharana Jul 19, 2014

Sunday 13 July will be the first of three 'supermoon' nights, in which the moon will appear bigger and brighter than usual. This is caused by the moon's elliptical orbit.

Fiona Keating Jul 13, 2014

Nasa will be using the Project Tango smartphones on a satellite project called 'Spheres' that the US space research agency developed and launched in 2006.

Rahul R Jul 08, 2014

Nasa's Sofia 'Flying Observatory' will enable astronomers to record infrared images of celestial bodies.

Rahul R Jul 07, 2014

Two monster asteroids, named Ceres and Vesta, to have a close encounter in outer space.

Kabita Maharana Jul 04, 2014

The Space Launch System (SLS) is designed to carry Orion spacecraft and Nasa astronauts to Mars by 2021.

Rahul R Jul 03, 2014

Did the Apollo 20 mission in 1976 happen, or was it just a hoax?

Mary-Ann Russon Jul 01, 2014

Robonaut's design has already inspired Nasa to develop the "Iron-Man" like X1 exoskeleton.

Rahul R Jul 01, 2014

Flying saucer built by Nasa completed a trip around the Earth on Saturday, despite parachute problems.

Fiona Keating Jun 29, 2014

Spaceman Reid Wiseman uses social media to show images of the Earth and space to followers.

Lewis Dean Jun 28, 2014

The emission was detected by Nasa's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and XMM Newton satellite controlled by the European Space Agency.

Rahul R Jun 25, 2014