Space
NASA unveils Mars 2020 rovers
A handout composite photo made available by NASA shows illustrations of NASA's Curiosity (L) and Mars 2020 (R) rovers (issued 11 December…
Italian network for the search of alien life launched
A network for the search of alien life has been created in Italy. The Astrobiological Institute has linked up 14 labs across…
European Space Agency approves record budget, preparing to send Europeans to the moon
European space exploration is getting its biggest financial boost in 25 years. At a conference in Seville, Spain, the 22 member states…
NASA space robot tests in Antarctica
A little robotic explorer will be rolling into Antarctica in November 2019 to perform a gymnastic feat - driving upside down under…
NASA scientists open untouched Moon rock and soil sample ahead of Artemis missions
An undated handout photo made available by NASA shows Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan preparing to collect samples 73001 and 73002 from…
Photo Story: Haze smothers Northern India
A handout photo made available by NASA Earth Observatory shows a satellite image of a plume of smoke, that had been emitted…
Voyager 2 spacecraft sends first messages from interstellar space
Twelve billion miles from Earth, there is an elusive boundary that marks the edge of the sun’s realm and the start of…
Photo Story: NASA issues photo of first all-female spacewalk
A handout photo made available by NASA shows Expedition 61 Flight Engineers, NASA spacewalkers Christina Koch (foreground, suit with red stripe) and…
Autumn in Malta from above and beyond
Astronaut Luca Parmitano experience at the ISS is well visually documented through regular posts on social media. Today's image represents his home…
Photo Story: The Moving to Mars Exhibition in London
Photos from the 'Moving to Mars' exhibition at the Design Museum in London, Britain, 17 October 2019. The exhibition features immersive environments,…
Alexei Leonov, the first man to conduct a spacewalk, has died
Alexei Leonov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut, who was the first man to conduct a spacewalk in 1965, died in Moscow on Friday aged…
World not prepared for the imminent discovery of life on Mars – Nasa chief scientist
The world is not prepared for the discovery of life on another planet even though it may only be a couple of…