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Debris from a spent Russian satellite came close to the orbiting satellite which was then manoeuvred out of harm's way, said NASA.

Fiona Keating Oct 27, 2014

Huzlers website started rumours saying that there will be three days of darkness in December.

Simi John Oct 26, 2014

Relying on heat energy scientists have been able to push or pull tiny glass particles across 20 centimetres using a single laser beam.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 26, 2014

A partial solar eclipse will be visible over much of the United States and Canada on 23 October

Lydia Smith Oct 23, 2014

Images of long-period comet from Oort cloud show it to be less than a kilometre wide.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 21, 2014

Five orbiters from Europe, India and the US will get a peek into the early Solar System when they study Comet Siding Spring fly by Mars later today.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 19, 2014

Important film rolls from Nasa's Nimbus 1 satellite have been discovered after 50 years.

Mary-Ann Russon Oct 17, 2014

NASA studies psychology of long-term missions through longest Mars simulation.

Maria Khan Oct 15, 2014

The Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars has sent images of oxygen, hydrogen and carbon coronas from the planet's upper atmosphere.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 15, 2014

Using data from Hubble space telescope team of astronomers maps extreme climate of distant exoplanet.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 12, 2014

Study claims quantum computing applied to robotics will create machine not limited to specific tasks

Anthony Cuthbertson Oct 09, 2014

A private firm is looking at ways to reduce costs on human missions to Mars by placing astronauts in deep sleep.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 06, 2014

Blood Moon 2014 live stream: watch the second lunar eclipse of 2014 online

Arjun Varma Oct 05, 2014

The best apps to bring out the budding astronomer in you.

Katie Spicer Oct 04, 2014

Thousands of previously unknown seamounts discovered with new satellite data.

Hannah Osborne Oct 03, 2014

Nasa and Isro have signed agreements to launch and work together on an earth observing mission Nisar and on future Mars missions.

Jayalakshmi K Oct 01, 2014

Photos by climate change skeptic astronauts inspired environmentalists, but they claim their images were 'exploited'.

Mark Piggott Sep 28, 2014

Made In Space is testing moon dust as a 3D printing ingredient

Zachary Davies Boren Sep 25, 2014

HAT P-11b, 729 trillion miles away, has been discovered to have water vapour in its atmosphere.

Katie Spicer Sep 24, 2014

Asteroid hunter keeps a watchful eye on the universe for potential new discoveries

Katie Spicer Sep 24, 2014

Recent advances in carbon nanotechnology have made the idea of a space elevator possible

Anthony Cuthbertson Sep 22, 2014

Nasa scientists say Maven's attempt to enter Mars' orbit this weekend is a 'critical event' that could pave the way for human voyages to Mars.

Sep 20, 2014

Using the Hubble space telescope and ground based telescope, scientists have seen a massive black hole in a small, compact galaxy.

Jayalakshmi K Sep 18, 2014

Despite being heavily funded Nasa's near-earth object tracking programme was pulled up for not classifying 90 percent of potentially dangerous asteroids.

Jayalakshmi K Sep 17, 2014

Companies win lucrative contracts to provide NASA with space transport system

Zachary Davies Boren Sep 16, 2014

Nasa scientists simulate distant planets' atmospheres to find environments best suited to alien life.

Aaron Akinyemi Sep 14, 2014

Airware is designing a Linux-based OS and air traffic controls with NASA for flying helicopter drones

Mary-Ann Russon Sep 12, 2014

Nasa research will help identify signs of life on other planets.

Katie Spicer Sep 12, 2014

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is living at the bottom of the ocean to prepare for future space quests.

Fiona Keating Sep 09, 2014

Scientists have dismissed any links between Nicaragua's blast and the passing asteroid.

Jayalakshmi K Sep 09, 2014