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Two meteor showers to peak over the next week following "extremely unusual" fireball.

Hannah Osborne Nov 10, 2014

Very bright blue light obtained from cosmic glow found to originate from stars ripped off galaxies.

Jayalakshmi K Nov 10, 2014

Astronauts with the European Space Agency could one day print rather than build a base on the moon.

Anthony Cuthbertson Nov 07, 2014

Minerals discovered in a Martian mountain contain mineralogical evidence to support life on Mars

Katie Spicer Nov 05, 2014

Scientists using Google Earth, WorldView and GeoEye satellite images to monitor demographic changes.

Mary-Ann Russon Nov 05, 2014

Using giant clusters as lens to see beyond Hubble telescope, astronomers have detected remnants of stars ripped out in galactic violence billions of years ago.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 31, 2014

Elon Musk claimed Antares was built with parts 'which were made in the 60s and packed away in Siberia'.

Anthony Cuthbertson Oct 29, 2014

An unmanned, 14-storey rocket built by Orbital Sciences burst into flames soon after lift-off, according to Nasa.

Fiona Keating Oct 28, 2014

Debris from a spent Russian satellite came close to the orbiting satellite which was then manoeuvred out of harm's way, said NASA.

Fiona Keating Oct 27, 2014

Huzlers website started rumours saying that there will be three days of darkness in December.

Simi John Oct 26, 2014

Relying on heat energy scientists have been able to push or pull tiny glass particles across 20 centimetres using a single laser beam.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 26, 2014

A partial solar eclipse will be visible over much of the United States and Canada on 23 October

Lydia Smith Oct 23, 2014

Images of long-period comet from Oort cloud show it to be less than a kilometre wide.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 21, 2014

Five orbiters from Europe, India and the US will get a peek into the early Solar System when they study Comet Siding Spring fly by Mars later today.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 19, 2014

Important film rolls from Nasa's Nimbus 1 satellite have been discovered after 50 years.

Mary-Ann Russon Oct 17, 2014

NASA studies psychology of long-term missions through longest Mars simulation.

Maria Khan Oct 15, 2014

The Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars has sent images of oxygen, hydrogen and carbon coronas from the planet's upper atmosphere.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 15, 2014

Using data from Hubble space telescope team of astronomers maps extreme climate of distant exoplanet.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 12, 2014

Study claims quantum computing applied to robotics will create machine not limited to specific tasks

Anthony Cuthbertson Oct 09, 2014

A private firm is looking at ways to reduce costs on human missions to Mars by placing astronauts in deep sleep.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 06, 2014

Blood Moon 2014 live stream: watch the second lunar eclipse of 2014 online

Arjun Varma Oct 05, 2014

The best apps to bring out the budding astronomer in you.

Katie Spicer Oct 04, 2014

Thousands of previously unknown seamounts discovered with new satellite data.

Hannah Osborne Oct 03, 2014

Nasa and Isro have signed agreements to launch and work together on an earth observing mission Nisar and on future Mars missions.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 01, 2014

Photos by climate change skeptic astronauts inspired environmentalists, but they claim their images were 'exploited'.

Mark Piggott Sep 28, 2014

Made In Space is testing moon dust as a 3D printing ingredient

Zachary Davies Boren Sep 25, 2014

HAT P-11b, 729 trillion miles away, has been discovered to have water vapour in its atmosphere.

Katie Spicer Sep 24, 2014

Asteroid hunter keeps a watchful eye on the universe for potential new discoveries

Katie Spicer Sep 24, 2014

Recent advances in carbon nanotechnology have made the idea of a space elevator possible

Anthony Cuthbertson Sep 22, 2014

Nasa scientists say Maven's attempt to enter Mars' orbit this weekend is a 'critical event' that could pave the way for human voyages to Mars.

Sep 20, 2014