A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a crew of three to the International Space Station blasted off…
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Voyager 1 reaches solar system’s outer edge
The U.S. space agency's Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached the outer edge of the solar system…
SpaceX’s ‘secret’ payload? A wheel of cheese
In the historic launch of its Dragon space capsule Wednesday, Hawthorne, Calif.,-based rocket venture SpaceX didn’t…
Newly discovered exoplanet stirs debate on how planetary systems form
The grainy images and videos of the distant solar system are not much to look at,…
The future of commercial space flight?
U.S. company SpaceX will attempt Thursday to launch its first space capsule into orbit and back,…
Russian satellite launch fails
Three Russian satellites crashed into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday after a failed launch, in a…
U.S. military spacecraft back on ground after 7 months
An unmanned U.S. Air Force spacecraft with a vaguely defined military mission landed early Friday in…
Discovery to add new ‘element’ to life
With a NASA press conference still to come at 2 p.m., U.S. scientists are reporting that…
Has NASA found extraterrestrial life?
The U.S. space agency has created a buzz with its announcement of a press conference Thursday…
Canadian astronomer discovers star ‘sandbars’
An astronomer from Victoria. B.C. brings to light new details about some of the biggest gravitationally…