NASA’s newest Mars rover - or a replica of it, anyway - sat expectantly at the…
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‘Dramatic’ solar flare could disrupt Earth communications
An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory on Tuesday could cause some disruptions…
NASA plans a kiss-and-tell with an asteroid
We’ve brought back dust from a comet; now NASA plans to do the same for an…
Moon may have more water than believed: study
The moon may have a lot more water than imagined, perhaps as much as on Earth…
Aussie student finds universe’s ‘missing mass’
A 22-year-old Australian university student has solved a problem which has puzzled astrophysicists for decades, discovering…
NASA preparing to put astronauts on commercial rockets
NASA wants private companies such as Boeing or SpaceX to put astronauts on their rockets by…
Hypersonic: Paris to Tokyo in two and a half hours
Fancy travelling from Paris to Tokyo in two and a half hours? Do you yearn for…
Cosmic ray hunter installed on space station
The $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector was mounted outside the International Space Station on…
Lonely planet guide: Planets that have no stars
Astronomers on Wednesday said they had found a previously inconceivable phenomenon: planets that do not appear…
U.S. astronaut corps evolves
Still hoping for that job as an astronaut, even as the last days of the space…