SPACE

All key components of the probe have been tested for a launch later in the year.

Jayalakshmi K Jun 01, 2015

Swiss pilot Andre Borscheberg took off in the Solar Impulse 2 from China at 2.39am.

Angela Sharda May 31, 2015

Camera data and computer simulations rule out violent impacts.

Jayalakshmi K May 30, 2015

Miracle material can turn light into movement, scientists discover.

Hannah Osborne May 29, 2015

Prolonged time in space led to skin thinning in three mice on International Space Station.

Hannah Osborne May 28, 2015

Mars' upper atmosphere more similar to Earth's than previously thought, scientists say.

Hannah Osborne May 28, 2015

Astrophysicist says competition would be good way of boosting space travel.

Hannah Osborne May 26, 2015

Plans to reform Russia's imploding space industry announced by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

Anthony Cuthbertson May 26, 2015

Humanoids prepare for space colony at the Mars Desert Research Station

Mary Papenfuss May 23, 2015

It was a great, great outcome, says founder Elon Musk.

Mary Papenfuss May 23, 2015

Mars Express spots collection of craters that could be remnants of supervocanoes.

Hannah Osborne May 22, 2015

Chinese media suggests X-37B could be used as a spy satellite or weapon delivery shuttle.

Hannah Osborne May 21, 2015

Nasa is challenging designers to create sustainable housing using 3D printing and recyclable materials.

Mary-Ann Russon May 19, 2015

ESA scientists baffled at three large "balancing boulders" on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Hannah Osborne May 19, 2015

Light from the 4 quasers has taken 10bn years to reach Earth.

Mark Piggott May 18, 2015

The MOTR was made at a quarter of the price as radars made abroad.

Jayalakshmi K May 18, 2015

Surveillance probe can monitor each country's emissions and help reduce global levels of carbon dioxide and methane gas

Yasmin Kaye May 17, 2015

The reason matter won over antimatter and led to the present creation is explained by the fields.

Jayalakshmi K May 15, 2015

Fears climate change and melting ice could lead to rising seas.

Joe Millis May 15, 2015

EmDrive inventor Roger Shawyer says he definitely hasn't invented a 'warp drive' faster than the speed of light

Mary-Ann Russon May 14, 2015

Montreal Protocol to curb worldwide use of CFCs paying off.

Jayalakshmi K May 14, 2015

Kerberos and Styx pictured for the first time as New Horizons prepares for Pluto flyby.

Hannah Osborne May 13, 2015

A Dawn co-investigator speculates that the largest spot might be salty crusts left behind after mineral-rich water ice vapourises.

Jayalakshmi K May 13, 2015

Millions of galaxies thought to be extinct found 'hiding in plain sight'.

Hannah Osborne May 12, 2015

A present window of opportunity could allow the probe to pick up power and transmit signals to Rosetta.

Jayalakshmi K May 12, 2015

Lopsided explosions and a missing neutron star at the core are some of the features of the explosion.

Jayalakshmi K May 11, 2015

The Planetary Society's LightSail project is set to realize Sagan's vision after 40 years.

Anthony Cuthbertson May 11, 2015

Mercury and Earth are the only two planets with a magnetic field.

Jayalakshmi K May 11, 2015

Ayelet Carasso and Doron Marco say meals can be put together in 30 seconds.

Joe Millis May 09, 2015