Space news

Scientists estimate that around 9 known exoplanets are ideally placed to track the Earth's 'transit zones'.

The massive solar flares have already affected the Earth, causing an hour-long radio blackout.

Scientists believe they've discovered a new type of black hole, hidden within a massive cloud of molecular gas.

No spacecraft as yet has been able to withstand the extreme conditions of Venus for more than 24 hours.

Orion is destined to take humans "father into space than we've ever gone", officials said.

A moon rock brought back in 1972 has been reanalysed by scientists, revealing that our satellite has no water.

Nasa also released a video of the ISS flying right in front of the sun during the eclipse.

Russian astronauts Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy will perform the tasks.

Nasa says that meteor shower will peak between 11-13 August.

China is reportedly looking for a foreigner to fill the position because Chinese astronomers aren't qualified.

After four decades of searching, scientists have found evidence of a kind of seismic wave in the Sun.

Scientists say they detected widespread water within ancient explosive volcanic deposits on the moon.

The Japanese camera bot has been designed to autonomously zip about in space and record video and images.

During its historic 2015 Pluto flyby, Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft captured 1,200 photos and collected 10GB worth of data.

Astronomers say that although unlikely, the possibility that signals came from intelligent extraterrestrial life cannot be ruled out yet.

'Entry, descent and landing is a huge challenge for us for Mars,' said Nasa's chief of human spaceflight, William H. Gerstenmaier.

The spacecraft successfully completed a flyby, coming within 9,000km of Jupiter's iconic hurricane.

Scientists are reportedly stumped by Pluto's X-ray emissions, raising more questions about its atmosphere.

Nasa's 'refrigerator-sized' spacecraft will smash into an asteroid at a speed about 'nine times faster than a bullet.'

Britain's first commercial space training and research facility is slated to open in 2019.

In a new study, scientists looked into how the Sun's coronal mass ejections behave as they travel through space.

The ESA's Gaia satellite, with the help of a specially designed neural network, spotted 6 stars flying at over 300 Kms/ sec.

The new findings help answer some long-standing questions in solar physics.

Evidence of a new planet orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune, in the Kuiper belt.

Kepler's latest findings bring up the total number of potential planets discovered by the telescope to over 4,000.

The new military shakeup is a step towards boosting America's space warfare divisions.

From identifying solar wind impacts to discovering metal ions, Maven has made groundbreaking discoveries of the Red Planet.

Astronomers suspect that the Sun's twin 'escaped' into space, 'never to be seen again.'

Nasa's rocket will shoot out clouds of red, blue and green into space, which could be seen from Earth.

Humans may find microbial life beyond Earth within the next 10-15 years but it may not be intelligent.