NASA’s MAVEN mission has set off for Mars. The orbiter was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Florida's Cape…
NASA has reported that its Curiosity rover has made another significant discovery on Mars. Curiosity has drilled into a rock…
Curiosity Mars rover has been put into "safe mode" after a computer glitch caused by corrupted files. NASA’s Curiosity robot,…
Fragments from the meteorite that struck Russia's Urals region on Friday, injuring some 1,200 people, have been found around a…
NASA's Messenger probe to Mercury has shown off a stunning new color map of the planet. The map comprises thousands…
Asteroid 2012 DA14, which is as large as an Olympic swimming pool, will race past the Earth on Friday at…
NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars has finally drilled deep enough into a rock to acquire a powdered sample for analysis.…
Astronomers say that one in six stars host an Earth-sized planet in a close orbit - suggesting a total of…
NASA's Curiosity rover is very close to drilling into its first Martian rock, with the set-up operation likely to begin…
NASA is to test color-changing lights on the International Space Station (ISS) as part of efforts to help astronauts on…
NASA has admitted it mistook a mountain in India for Mount Everest when it posted online a picture taken from…
The first commercially contracted re-supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has begun. A Falcon rocket carrying a Dragon…
Curiosity rover has completed its first close-contact science on Mars. The robot pushed its arm instruments up against a pyramidal…
Russian Soyuz capsule has returned to Earth with its three-man crew after they spent 123 days at the International Space…
Curiosity rover has measured the Red Planet's atmospheric composition. NASA’s robot sucked the air into its big Sample Analysis at…
NASA's Dawn satellite has left the giant Asteroid Vesta after 13 months of study. A signal from Dawn probe confirming…
NASA has discovered the Arctic has lost more sea ice this year than at any time since satellite records began…
NASA’s Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars two weeks ago, turned its six wheels briefly on Wednesday to satisfy engineers…
NASA has reported its first setback in its Curiosity rover mission to Mars. A sensor on the robot's weather station…
Curiosity rover is getting ready to zap its first Martian rock. A small stone lying just to the side of…
Hypersonic jet X-51A WaveRider has been tested by US military in a bid to reach Mach 6 (4,300 mph; 6,900…
NASA has released the first full color mosaic from its Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. Scientists have remarked…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has lifted its mast and used its high navigation cameras for the first time. The robot vehicle…
Images of the surface of Mars taken by the Curiosity rover as it made its historic descent yesterday have now…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has just landed on Mars. The one-ton vehicle was reported to have landed in a deep crater…