NASA

Space agency to send seedlings to moon in 2015 as first stage of plans for Martian greenhouse

Mary-Ann Russon May 08, 2014

A Nasa scientist believes that the answer to saving planet earth is not environmentalism but orbiting solar power stations and mining asteroids.

David Gilbert May 07, 2014

Meteor shower peaking on 23 and 24 May has potential to produce 1,000 meteors per hour

Hannah Osborne May 06, 2014

Nasa has supplied a portable plant growth unit to ISS to grow lettuce for astronauts on board.

May 05, 2014

See the world spin in HD by tuning into the High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment aboard ISS.

Mary-Ann Russon May 02, 2014

Scientists have discovered a young galaxy that exhibits features like more developed galaxies.

Apr 30, 2014

Landscape in Idaho has strong resemblance to amphitheatre canyons of Mars.

Hannah Osborne Apr 29, 2014

Spitzer and Wise telescopes locate coldest brown dwarf star-like body nearest our solar system

Lydia Smith Apr 28, 2014

18th-century astronomer Charles Messier thought that it was a nebula, but Messier 5 is actually an ancient star cluster

Mary-Ann Russon Apr 26, 2014

Space agency joins start-up firm to launch educational toy for children

Mary-Ann Russon Apr 25, 2014

It promises to cure diseases, explore space and vastly improve artificial intelligence - but just what is quantum computing?

Anthony Cuthbertson Apr 25, 2014

Nasa satellite images show large-scale decline in greenness of Africa's Congo rainforest.

Hannah Osborne Apr 24, 2014

Rocket deployed cargo ship loaded with vital supplies for astronauts living on space station.

Apr 19, 2014

This Ladee's not for turning: £166m lunar explorer obliterated on impact

Mark Piggott Apr 18, 2014

A Toshiba laptop used by Bill Clinton to send the first presidential email to space is attracting bids of $45,000.

David Gilbert Apr 16, 2014

Nasa to test first space-to-Earth communication system from International Space Station

Mary-Ann Russon Apr 16, 2014

Nasa satellite pictures focus on Planet Earth land masses and topographical features

Hannah Osborne Apr 16, 2014

Mars' atmosphere never thick enough to keep water in a liquid state, say scientists

Hannah Osborne Apr 14, 2014

As bitcoin's price recovers, dogecoin gets closer to the moon and thinking of bitcoin as plots of land could be the way forward.

David Gilbert Apr 14, 2014

Tim Peake will spend six months on the International Space Station to investigate why space travel harms vision.

Aaron Akinyemi Apr 13, 2014

Nasa confirms computer outage but says six astronauts on board are not at risk.

Aaron Akinyemi Apr 12, 2014

International team stumble on what could be the first moon outside solar system

Hannah Osborne Apr 11, 2014

Scientists discover method of treating water in space.

Hannah Osborne Apr 09, 2014

Space agency is releasing over 1,000 computer codes in open-access software catalogue.

Anthony Cuthbertson Apr 09, 2014

Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory releases film of mid-level solar flare emitted on 2 April.

Hannah Osborne Apr 07, 2014

Pyongyang names its space programme 'National Aerospace Development Administration,' or Nada.

Divya Avasthy Apr 04, 2014

Nasa releases image of comet set to come within 84,000 miles of Mars.

Hannah Osborne Mar 27, 2014

New expedition to the International Space Station to launch from Kazakhstan tonight.

Hannah Osborne Mar 25, 2014

Space agency says it does not endorse doomsday study due to be published in journal Elsevier.

Hannah Osborne Mar 21, 2014

Zebra stripe pattern found in one of two radiation belts around Earth.

Lydia Smith Mar 20, 2014