NASA

Eta Aquarids to peak on 5 May with up to 60 meteors per hour visible from Southern Hemisphere.

Hannah Osborne May 04, 2016

Lake Maracaibo has more than 230 lightning flashes per square kilometre every year.

Matt Atherton May 03, 2016

Matt Damon inspires Chinese space programme to new heights.

Mary-Ann Russon Apr 22, 2016

How does a weightless man run on the spot while hurtling through space at 17,150mph?

Adam Justice Apr 22, 2016

Aerojet's ion engine uses xenon propellant and could be a powerful way to explore deep space.

Mary-Ann Russon Apr 21, 2016

British physicist Dr Mike McCulloch of Plymouth University has presented results on a new theory.

Mary-Ann Russon Apr 21, 2016

Nasa and the ESA combined images of Bubble Nebula to create first whole image of the nebula.

Matt Atherton Apr 21, 2016

The Lyrid meteor shower returns this week, peaking on Friday 22 April.

Matt Atherton Apr 20, 2016

Peake said he is hoping to run the marathon in 3.5 to 4 hours.

Adam Justice Apr 20, 2016

Nasa partnered with tech company Harmonic aimed at showing the 'breathtaking beauty and grandeur of space'.

Adam Justice Apr 19, 2016

Breakthrough Starshot initiative aims to get humans to far reaches of space within a generation.

Hannah Osborne Apr 12, 2016

Young Soviet pilot made history 55 years ago today.

Léa Surugue Apr 12, 2016

Favouring the economic interests of certain citizens over children may be unconstitutional says judge.

Mary Papenfuss Apr 12, 2016

The Falcon 9 main-stage booster landed itself on an ocean platform in a dramatic spaceflight first.

Adam Justice Apr 09, 2016

SpaceX achievement marks a historic first to make rockets recyclable, says the company.

Maria Khan Apr 09, 2016

e-volo developed a personal aerial vehicle and was invited by Nasa to present it to US aerospace experts.

Mary-Ann Russon Apr 08, 2016

The Dragon spacecraft will carry with it the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM).

Adam Justice Apr 08, 2016

Behrokh Khoshnevis invents novel 3D printing process that uses powder at high temperatures to create objects.

Mary-Ann Russon Apr 07, 2016

Unexpected discovery of hole in the NGC 1600 galaxies is the first success of the MASSIVE survey.

Léa Surugue Apr 06, 2016

The video shows city lights and lightning flashes as the ISS circles the planet.

Adam Justice Apr 05, 2016

Using laser techniques could help us hide from aliens - or communicate with them.

Léa Surugue Apr 04, 2016

55 Cancri e has giant temperature ranges across its surface - a surface of flowing magma could be the cause.

Matt Atherton Mar 31, 2016

Astronauts will live in the habitat for a few hours at a time for the two years that it will remain aboard for testing.

India Ashok Mar 31, 2016

Nasa reaches another milestone in beginning their Mars mission as hundreds of documents clear evaluation.

Priyanka Mogul Mar 30, 2016

JAXA says it is still receiving signals from the $273m satellite, but has admitted to the JSpOC's findings on Twitter.

Mary-Ann Russon Mar 29, 2016

Lava tubes beneath surface of the moon could be used to provide shelter for the first human settlers.

Matt Atherton Mar 29, 2016

The heat was 'relentless,' says director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Mary Papenfuss Mar 29, 2016

Virgin Group has optioned 10 supersonic jets at Mach 2.2 with Y Combinator-backed Boom, estimated at $2bn.

Mary-Ann Russon Mar 24, 2016

One of the hackers responsible told IBTimes UK the incident was an attempt to expose internal NASA documents.

Jason Murdock Mar 23, 2016

The EmDrive is the invention of British scientist Roger Shawyer.

Mary-Ann Russon Mar 23, 2016