NASA's Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space - 11 billion miles from earth
Reaching interstellar space isn't just something that happens in science fiction movies. NASA was able to determine ... …
China launches Chang'e-4 probe to shed light on moon's dark side
China has launched a lunar rover on a historic mission to explore the dark side of the moon , with the potential t... …
Listen to the first sounds from Mars
The first microphone, provided by JPL, is included specifically to record, for the first time, the sound of a Mars l... …
New NASA lander captures 1st sounds of Martian wind
The Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure ( SEIS ), the seismometer, will use the vibrations to help scientists conf... …
SpaceX Launches 20th Rocket but fails to make the Landing Spot
The Falcon 9 rocket blasted into a clear, chilly sky; the first-stage booster was aiming for a touchdown back at the lau... …
Falcon 9 Rocket Crashes After Successful ISS Cargo Delivery
However, as soon as this crucial part was phased out, Falcon's first stage (most expensive portion of the rocket) that w... …
NASA selects nine US companies to vie for moon programme funding
NASA announced several commercial partners Thursday in the USA space agency's quest to return humans to the moon -... …
Splashdown! SpaceX Rocket Topples into Water Following Technical Glitch
It was the company's first missed ground landing, although it has overshot floating barges plenty of times in the past, ... …
UN Climate Change Summit kick off in Poland with boost from G20
Over the weekend, 19 G20 member states reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris climate accord - except for the U.S.,... …
Russia Successfully Launches First Manned Rocket Into Space Since October Failure
It was the first manned launch for the Soviet-era Soyuz since 11 October, when a rocket carrying Russia's Aleksey Ovc... …
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrives at asteroid
First images of the asteroid from the spacecraft's perspective have appeared as it got closer and closer. "We have onl... …
David Attenborough warns civilisations will COLLAPSE if climate change not addressed
The talks in Katowice - at heart of Poland's coal region - precede an end-of-year deadline to produce a "rule book" to... …
Violent protests erupt in Paris
More than a dozen metro stations were closed. A government spokesperson said a state of emergency could be imposed t... …
NASA InSight successfully lands on Mars after 'seven minutes of terror'
Over the next few "sols" - or Martian days of 24 hours, 39½ minutes - flight controllers will assess the health of InSig... …
Subsequent US moon touchdown shall be by personal corporations, not NASA
The company has previously worked with NASA to develop Moon commercial cargo transporation capabilities and was the ... …
NASA’s InSight Lander Takes First Images after Touching Down at Mars
InSight's surface-operations phase began a minute after touchdown and one of its first tasks was to deploy its two decag... …
Scientists refute genetic modification of twins claim made by Chinese researcher
As experts cast doubt over the claimed breakthrough and others decried it as a modern form of eugenics, China's Nation... …
Angela Merkel describes Brexit deal as a 'diplomatic piece of art'
It comes after European Union leaders endorsed the deal and made it clear it was not up for renegotiation, with Mrs May ... …
InSight has landed! Inside the dramatic touchdown
The spacecraft is NASA's first to touch down on Earth's neighboring planet since the Curiosity rover arrived in 2012. ... …
Mars landing looms for NASA; anxiety building a day out
Watch below, starting at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT), as NASA livestreams the InSight landing on Mars, straight from the Miss... …
