Space news

The controversial project will announce the 40 successful people later this year.

Sean Martin Feb 16, 2015

German astrophysicists believe asteroids and comets will enter the inner solar system to cause apocalypse.

Kabita Maharana Dec 21, 2014

Slooh Community Observatory will host live stream of Gemini full moon rise on 7 December 2014.

Lydia Smith Dec 06, 2014

Leonids meteor shower will take place on 17 and 18 November with 15 meteors per hour

Lydia Smith Nov 17, 2014

Work is in full progress in developing India's indigenous semi-cryogenic engine that will be ideal for space flights.

Jayalakshmi K Sep 29, 2014

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

Zachary Davies Boren Sep 25, 2014

One Earth project, created by Jon Lomberg, will send pictures, sounds, and data from Earth into space

Lydia Smith Sep 16, 2014

Astronomers at Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo, have found evidence of a blue star using Hubble

Lydia Smith Sep 11, 2014

Scientists at European Southern Observatory in Chile find new planet around star Herbig Be HD 100546

Lydia Smith Sep 10, 2014

The full Harvest moon is third in series of three supermoons and appeared on 8 September 2014

Lydia Smith Sep 09, 2014

National Science Foundation scientists using Green Bank Telescope find Milky Way is part of Laniakea.

Lydia Smith Sep 04, 2014

University College London cosmologists are conducting astronomical surveys to reveal how universe is lit

Lydia Smith Aug 27, 2014

Nasa Apollo astronauts have described the smell of moondust as being like gunpowder

Lydia Smith Aug 26, 2014

Giant Impact Hypothesis, Fission, Capture and Accretion theories explain moon's origin.

Lydia Smith Aug 15, 2014

Astrophysicists at Harvard University find discharge line which might be evidence for dark matter.

Lydia Smith Aug 15, 2014

The Perseids, broadcast live by Slooh community telescope, will peak between 11 and 13 August

Aug 11, 2014

The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak between 11 and 13 August

Aug 11, 2014

ESA's Rosetta spacecraft takes first pictures of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Lydia Smith Aug 07, 2014

Rosetta spacecraft will reach Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Wednesday after ten-year journey

Lydia Smith Aug 05, 2014

Nasa's Hubble Telescope has found a giant lensing galaxy around 9.6 billion light-years away.

Lydia Smith Aug 01, 2014

University of California Santa Cruz scientists show tidal effects on moon affected shape.

Lydia Smith Jul 30, 2014

Delta Aquarids meteor shower began on 12 July and can be seen throughout July and August.

Lydia Smith Jul 25, 2014

Fifteen years ago, Nasa's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on Space Shuttle Columbia.

David Sim Jul 23, 2014

University of East Anglia scientists show role of oceans in moderating climate for alien life.

Lydia Smith Jul 22, 2014

Image from Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows sun has very few sunspots in 'Big Quiet' event.

Lydia Smith Jul 21, 2014

Researchers used Thermal Emission Imaging System to create high resolution surface map of Mars.

Lydia Smith Jul 16, 2014

IBTimes UK looks at moon landing history and facts as Saturn V launched Apollo 11 on 16 July 1969

Lydia Smith Jul 16, 2014

Scientists explore new frontiers of life in talk at Washington's Nasa headquarters.

Lydia Smith Jul 15, 2014

International astronomers examined supernova SN2010jl to discover origin of cosmic dust in universe.

Lydia Smith Jul 10, 2014

Scientists say a mysterious "hotspot" in space is emitting unusual numbers of powerful cosmic rays.

Lydia Smith Jul 09, 2014