Fossil stromatolites exposed by melting snow patch pre-date previous oldest by 220 million years.
SES will reuse the Falcon 9 in order to launch a geostationary satellite on the world's first reusable rocket.
The cluster is the most distant ever to be detected and formed two-and-a-half billion years after the Big Bang.
Astronomers hunting the hypothetical Planet Nine say they are 80% sure it exists.
On 1 September, an annular eclipse will travel over several African countries.
After a primary impact on the Moon, ejected material stays in orbit and can land again on its surface.
The object, which lies 12,000 light years from Earth, has perplexed astronomers for years
Dr José Rodal says the paper has been accepted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
A Russian telescope has observed "a strong signal" from the star, HD164595, in the Hercules constellation.
The conditions replicated as closely as possible a trip to the Red planet.
Dark matter is an invisible and unidentified form of matter, which accounts for around 27% of the universe's total mass.
Slooh is to make a live broadcast to enable people to take a look at star Proxima Centauri.
There may be 40 billion Earth-sized rocky planets in our universe
If the mission is successful, China will become the second country to land a rover on planet after the US.
Scientists discovered over 17,000 kms of river channels in Mars' Arabia Terra by analysing Nasa's high resolution images.
Proxima b is the closest exoplanet ever discovered, so near, in fact, that interstellar spacecraft could potentially reach it before end of the century
New techniques have allowed geologists to better understand the Earth's atmospheric history
Nasa lost contact with the spacecraft in 2014 just as it was about to commence orbiting the other side of the sun.
New docking bay could be used once Boeing and SpaceX programs are operating.
The study may have implications for understanding how planets like Venus evolved.
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The development could lead to a radical rethinking of our understanding of the universe.
New findings are strongest indication that Professor Stephen Hawking's black-hole theories are correct.
The Terra satellite that took the picture has been operating since 1999.
Shallow oceans of liquid-water could have been present on the planet's surface.
Boeing and Nasa are working on a commercial vehicle to fly crews to and from ISS.
The Gaofen 3 Earth observation satellite was launched on Wednesday from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
The map will measure light from 35 million galaxies to better understand dark matter and galaxy evolution.
US intelligence believed Soviet Union was jamming its surveillance radars in the Polar Regions.
The bag was part of a collection of priceless items that were seized from the home of director of Kansas space centre.