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50 years after Apollo 1 fire, Nasa remembers its first space mission tragedy
The Apollo 1 mission was slated to be NASA's first manned mission to the moon.
Government scientists launch 'rogue' Twitter accounts to 'spread the truth' and defy President Trump
"We need peer-reviewed, evidence-based research more than ever now," the @RogueNASA account tweeted.
Asteroid the size of a house to whiz past Earth just days after being discovered
The 45ft asteroid travelling at 16,600mph will pass earth at a distance of 162,252 miles.
'Last man on the moon' US astronaut Eugene Cernan dies aged 82
He was spacecraft commander on his third and most famous space mission on Apollo 17.
Hidden Figures star Octavia Spencer block books cinema to host free screening for low-income families
Taraji P Henson shared her praise for Spencer and the Martin Luther King weekend event on Instagram.
Octavia Spencer gives single mums free cinema tickets to see Hidden Figures
The actress received a Global Globe nomination for her role as Dorothy Vaughan in the biopic film.
Watch International Space Station astronauts conduct second spacewalk in 2017 to upgrade power system
This was astronauts Shane Kimbrough's fourth and Thomas Pesquet's first spacewalk.
Near miss for Earth as asteroid the size of a house streaks past at 10 miles per second
Astronomers say asteroid 2017 AG13 had similar destructive potential as Chelyabinsk strike in 2013.
Nasa reveals deep-space 'treasure trove' of supermassive black holes
X-rays and data from the Hubble Telescope show the densest cluster of black holes ever observed.
The famous 'global warming hiatus' of the early 21st Century never existed, new data confirm
NOAA's scientists weren't cooking the books, the independent data suggests.
Nasa is set to make a big announcement about its next Discovery mission
Space agency will discuss its future plans for space explorations that will 'unlock mysteries of the solar system'.
British astronaut Piers Sellers dies of pancreatic cancer at 61
The spacewalk veteran said he was living life at "20 times normal speed" after finding out he had terminal illness.
Great British Take Off: Pie lovers launch meat and potato pastry into space
The savoury treat's space odyssey was recorded on camera.
It's up to scientists to call Trump out if he tramples on evidence, Obama official says
As Nasa's Earth science programmes are in the firing line, scientists protest against burying evidence.
EmDrive: Chinese space agency to put controversial tech onto satellites 'as soon as possible'
Chinese government confirms it has been funding EmDrive research since 2010 and believes in its benefits.
Trump wants to scrap Nasa's Earth science research – polar bears, lions and reindeer could suffer
Nasa's Earth science research is looking vulnerable, and the species it monitors are looking worse.
Changeable weather on a giant exoplanet is observed for the first time
The hot gas giant planet HAT-P-7 b is a gas giant and could have enormous storm systems like Jupiter's.
Nasa teams up with Stephen Hawking to help prepare tiny spacecraft for epic 20-year journey
Nasa is brainstorming to prevent cosmic radiation from damaging a nano-starship on a 20-year long journey.
John Glenn: Five things that defined the last American hero
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth, the oldest man in space and once ran for president.
In pictures: John Glenn – first American in orbit and world's oldest astronaut
The last surviving member of the original seven American 'Right Stuff' Mercury astronauts, has died at the age of 95.
Major Tom, can you see me? Here's why astronauts suffer from eye problems after long missions
Understanding what causes visual impairment in astronauts is key to mount a mission to Mars.
Astronauts could use frozen lake discovered on Mars for drinking water
A vast, shallow repository of ice has been discovered in a convenient spot for landing and living on the Red Planet.
Globule in space acts as mirror to reflect X-rays from star in death throes
The Bok globule is a small cloud that gives birth to stars, and is most distant of its kind to have been discovered.
EmDrive: Nasa Eagleworks peer-reviewed paper finally published by AIAA saying it works
The Nasa Eagleworks paper says EmDrive works because of the pilot-wave theory, generating 1.2mN/kW of thrust.
Peggy Whitson set to become oldest woman in space after blasting off to ISS
Whitson sets another milestone by becoming first woman to have twice taken command of the ISS.
This is the roundest thing you will ever see
Extremely spherical star discovered slowly rotating 5,000 light years from Earth.
Huge underground ocean makes Pluto turn its icy heart away from moon Charon
The slushy ice-water ocean may have caused the dwarf planet to spin into a new alignment.
Son of Concorde? Richard Branson's supersonic jet could race from London to NYC in 3.5 hours
The XB-1, co-produced with Boom Technology, is due to fly at a speed of Mach2.2 in test flights next year.
Hello, is this planet Earth? Astronaut Tim Peake's unseen International Space Station photos
Tim Peake's new photo book takes readers on a mesmerising tour of the Earth as seen from on high.
We could be living on Mars by 2030 – in this house
This Martian home would protect the first humans on the Red Planet from deadly cold and radiation.