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100m wide asteroid to have near miss with Earth in July
Conspiracy theorists had warned about Earth's impending doom
Sean Martin Jun 12, 2015
Freeman Dyson: We tried to build a spaceship propelled by nuclear bombs in the 1950s
"[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
Space station astronauts touch down in Kazakhstan after 199 days in orbit
Terry Virts, Samantha Cristoforetti and Anton Shkaplerov touched down safely aboard a Russian Soyuz
Mark Piggott Jun 11, 2015
NASA denies internet rumours that a giant asteroid will 'destroy the earth' in September
Conspiracy theorists and religious sects claim world will end between 22 - 28 September.
Mark Piggott Jun 11, 2015
Laser-powered spacecraft energy delivery system could save the Earth from asteroids
University of Alabama Huntsville system, previously funded by Nasa, has received its first patent
Mary-Ann Russon Jun 10, 2015
Botched parachute complicates Nasa LDSD test for second time
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
Telerobotics joystick enables astronaut in space to feel a handshake from Earth
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 cutting Mars travel time in half using solar-electric engines and nuclear rockets
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 admits it has only received 4,227 completed applications, not 200,000
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
Nasa marks 50 years of spacewalks
It is 50 years since astronaut Edward Higgins White became the first American to step into space.
Adam Justice Jun 03, 2015
Second test flight set for Nasa's supersonic saucer
A helium balloon carrying a saucer-shaped Nasa spacecraft is set for take-off on Tuesday (2 June) to test Mars landings.
Adam Justice Jun 02, 2015
Nasa launches $2.25m competition to build 3D printed habitat for Mars mission
Nasa is challenging designers to create sustainable housing using 3D printing and recyclable materials.
Mary-Ann Russon May 19, 2015
Nasa warns 10,000-year-old Antarctic ice shelf Larsen B will 'disappear by 2020'
Shrinkage of ancient ice shelf blamed on global warming and could increase breakup of glaciers.
Mark Piggott May 17, 2015
Nasa satellite could help solve world's carbon dioxide problem
Surveillance probe can monitor each country's emissions and help reduce global levels of carbon dioxide and methane gas
Yasmin Kaye May 17, 2015
Massive Antarctic ice shelf will be gone by end of decade, alarming scientists
Melting in climate change has been 'relentless,' says researcher
Mary Papenfuss May 16, 2015
Spiral magnetic fields detected in space explain why we exist
The reason matter won over antimatter and led to the present creation is explained by the fields.
Jayalakshmi K May 15, 2015
EmDrive and 'warp drive' are two different things - Nasa's still working on EmDrive
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
Nasa's New Horizons photographs Pluto's moons Kerberos and Styx for the first time
Kerberos and Styx pictured for the first time as New Horizons prepares for Pluto flyby.
Hannah Osborne May 13, 2015
LightSail: Carl Sagan's solar sail spacecraft concept finally realised
The Planetary Society's LightSail project is set to realize Sagan's vision after 40 years.
Anthony Cuthbertson May 11, 2015
Nepal earthquake: NASA radar detects heartbeats of buried survivors
NASA's FINDER device locates four Nepal earthquake survivors buried beneath 10 feet of rubble.
Anthony Cuthbertson May 07, 2015
Nasa testing 10-engine battery-powered electric plane prototype that takes off vertically
NASA's Greased Lightning GL-10 would make a great UAV for surveillance or a small passenger vehicle
Mary-Ann Russon May 05, 2015
ISSpresso: ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has first espresso on board the ISS
Cristoforetti used the world's first space espresso machine and tweets results.
Hannah Osborne May 04, 2015
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' rocket company test-flies suborbital spaceship
Blue Origin, a start-up space company owned by Jeff Bezos, launched an experimental suborbital spaceship from Texas.
Adam Justice May 01, 2015
Space probe crashes into Mercury
NASA's Messenger probe runs out of fuel and crashes into Mercury, ending 11-year mission
Yasmin Kaye Apr 30, 2015
Nasa validates EmDrive: Roger Shawyer says aerospace industry needs to watch out
EmDrive inventor Shawyer says many companies are working on the technology besides Nasa.
Mary-Ann Russon Apr 30, 2015
Nasa says EmDrive does work and it may have also created a Star Trek warp drive
Nasa has tested an electromagnetic propulsion drive in a vacuum and sent beams faster than the speed of light.
Mary-Ann Russon Apr 30, 2015
Mysterious green skull-shaped mass discovered during space experiment is of alien origin, believe researchers
This confirms that alien life forms are continually entering the Earth's stratosphere from space, researcher tells IBTimes UK.
Arjun Varma Apr 30, 2015
Nasa's New Horizon probe detects 'nitrogen ice' on Pluto's surface
Intriguing features spotted near planet's pole from 60m miles away.
Joe Millis Apr 30, 2015
Nasa successfully tests shape-changing wing design
Nasa's flexible wing design could save the aviation industry millions of dollars in fuel costs.
Anthony Cuthbertson Apr 29, 2015
Space Shuttle Enterprise dedicated to fallen Nasa crews
The Space Shuttle Enterprise was dedicated to the fallen crews of the US space flight programme.
Adam Justice Apr 28, 2015
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