NASA

US Air Force and Department of Defense want Mach 5 planes that are twice as fast as Concorde.

Mary-Ann Russon Jul 07, 2015

The minor glitch led to the loss of a mere 1% observations.

Jayalakshmi K Jul 07, 2015

'Although we have only detected five the predicted numbers are huge'

Sean Martin Jul 06, 2015

Nasa says it may take days to restore the probe to its original flight path.

Jayalakshmi K Jul 05, 2015

Three crew members manning the International Space Station (ISS) awaiting urgent supplies of fuel, oxygen, food and equipment.

William Watkinson Jul 04, 2015

Supernova the size of the city to meet one of the brightest stars in the galaxy.

Hannah Osborne Jul 03, 2015

Quantum dot spectrometers in smartphones could diagnose skin diseases and track vital signs.

Anthony Cuthbertson Jul 03, 2015

Nasa's mission to Mars is just the first step towards making humanity a multi-planet species.

Anthony Cuthbertson Jul 01, 2015

1,000 qubit processor calculates more possibilities than there are particles in the universe.

Anthony Cuthbertson Jun 29, 2015

Unmanned Dragon cargo ship disintegrates 2 minutes into flight and falls into ocean.

Mark Piggott Jun 28, 2015

NASA scientist talks about pyramid spotted on Mars.

Arjun Varma Jun 28, 2015

Extraterrestrial hunters claim to have found a structure very similar to an Egyptian pyramid in Nasa images of Mars.

Fiona Keating Jun 23, 2015

'The popular conception of asteroids is that they are going to kill us all, and it's just not true'

Sean Martin Jun 23, 2015

New Nasa initiative hopes to 'transform aviation as we know it' through electric plane development.

Anthony Cuthbertson Jun 23, 2015

The nuclear explosives will be set off by a craft ramming into the object.

Jayalakshmi K Jun 23, 2015

Charles Frank Bolden Jr., the Administrator of Nasa, said he believes there is life beyond Earth.

Priya Joshi Jun 18, 2015

'The availability of methane and hydrogen is critical to the potential of the Martian crust as a habitat'

Sean Martin Jun 16, 2015

Watch live stream of 2015 Astrobiology Science Conference in Chicago online.

Hannah Osborne Jun 16, 2015

Nasa unveils 4K Ultra High-Definition video from the International Space Station.

Hannah Osborne Jun 16, 2015

Watch the live stream of Earth's close encounter with asteroid Icarus

Sean Martin Jun 16, 2015

Pictures of Pluto show dwarf planet has very bright and very dark terrain.

Hannah Osborne Jun 12, 2015

Conspiracy theorists had warned about Earth's impending doom

Sean Martin Jun 12, 2015

"[We'd go] up at about four bombs per second all the way to Mars and then to Jupiter and Saturn"

Sean Martin Jun 12, 2015

Terry Virts, Samantha Cristoforetti and Anton Shkaplerov touched down safely aboard a Russian Soyuz

Mark Piggott Jun 11, 2015

Conspiracy theorists and religious sects claim world will end between 22 - 28 September.

Mark Piggott Jun 11, 2015

University of Alabama Huntsville system, previously funded by Nasa, has received its first patent

Mary-Ann Russon Jun 10, 2015

Nasa's test run of a Mars landing system came to a quick end when the saucer-shaped vehicle's parachute tore away.

Adam Justice Jun 09, 2015

Using joysticks with haptic pressure, two men were able to shake hands 5,000 miles away from each other.

Mary-Ann Russon Jun 05, 2015

Nasa says nuclear fusion and solar power could cut Mars journey times from 8 months down to four months.

Mary-Ann Russon Jun 04, 2015

Mars One has admitted that only 4,227 people completed its applications as they had to pay admin fees.

Mary-Ann Russon Jun 04, 2015