Despite its proximity to the sun, portions of the surface of Mercury appear to be covered…
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Japan astronaut tweets about space sickness
Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa has tweeted from the International Space Station that he suffers from travel…
Researchers foresee weakened sunspot cycle
The next 11-year cycle of increased sunspot activity, scheduled to begin around 2020, may be delayed…
For Mars rovers, a friendly rivalry
NASA’s newest Mars rover - or a replica of it, anyway - sat expectantly at the…
‘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…