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China wants to begin manned deep space missions

China wants to begin manned deep space missions

By Joseph Libunao

Mathematicians have come up with a new method to weigh stars

Mathematicians have come up with a new method to weigh stars

By Greg Candelario

The US and Europe are planning to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid

The US and Europe are planning to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid

Ion space drive is said to break fuel efficiency record

Ion space drive is said to break fuel efficiency record

New method could allow scientists to map the universe in 3D

New method could allow scientists to map the universe in 3D

By Hashem AL-ghaili

Astronauts and missions in space will get connection speeds that are 10 times faster

Astronauts and missions in space will get connection speeds that are 10 times faster

By Greg Candelario

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos will have neighboring launchpads at Cape Canaveral

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos will have neighboring launchpads at Cape Canaveral

Nobody has spent more time in space than this cosmonaut

Nobody has spent more time in space than this cosmonaut

This New Highly Accurate Method Will Finally Allow us to Accurately Measure the Size of the Universe

This New Highly Accurate Method Will Finally Allow us to Accurately Measure the Size of the Universe

Researchers discover giant ring-like structure in the universe

Researchers discover giant ring-like structure in the universe

By Hashem AL-ghaili

Check Out The Blast From ULA’s Rocket Launch

Check Out The Blast From ULA’s Rocket Launch

U.S. Air Force Says It Needs More Banned Rocket Engines

U.S. Air Force Says It Needs More Banned Rocket Engines

Galaxies Change Their Structures Over The Course of Their Lifetime

Galaxies Change Their Structures Over The Course of Their Lifetime

By Hashem AL-ghaili

First Space ‘Burial’ Services Available To the Public

First Space ‘Burial’ Services Available To the Public

Big Planets Grow From Tiny Space Rocks, New Study Confirms

Big Planets Grow From Tiny Space Rocks, New Study Confirms

By Hashem AL-ghaili

Virgin Galactic Space Rocket Crashes In The Mohave Desert

World First Precision Comet Landing

Intergalactic Wind Strips Galaxies Of Star-Forming Gas

Russia Constructs An “Inspector Satellite” That Could Chase Down And Destroy Other Orbiting Objects

By Amber Raynolds

Philae Discovers Organic Molecules On The Surface Of The Comet

By Andreea Popescu

European Space Plane Set For February Launch

European Space Plane Set For February Launch

By Amber Raynolds

Norway Wants To Grow Food Crops In Space

Norway Wants To Grow Food Crops In Space

By Andreea Popescu

Invisible Shield Protects Earth From “Killer Electrons”

Invisible Shield Protects Earth From “Killer Electrons”

By Andrew Johnson

Space Data Highway Experiment Unveils First Images

Space Data Highway Experiment Unveils First Images

By Amber Raynolds

Russia Has Two GLONASS-K Satellites In Orbit Now

Russia Has Two GLONASS-K Satellites In Orbit Now

Hayabusa 2 Launches Today

Hayabusa 2 Launches Today

By Amber Raynolds

Dust From A Comet Has Been Discovered For The First Time On The Earth’s Surface

Dust From A Comet Has Been Discovered For The First Time On The Earth’s Surface

By Christine Doan

Curiosity Rover Identifies A Dozen Martian Minerals

Curiosity Rover Identifies A Dozen Martian Minerals

By Matthew Lincoln

Earth’s Water Probably Didn’t Come From Comets, Rosetta Data Suggests

Earth’s Water Probably Didn’t Come From Comets, Rosetta Data Suggests

By Oana Stefanescu

Researchers use real data rather than theory to measure the cosmos

Researchers use real data rather than theory to measure the cosmos

By Matthew Lincoln

Giant Space Microphones Will Record The Sounds Of The Universe

Giant Space Microphones Will Record The Sounds Of The Universe

Scientists Solve The Mystery Of The High-Latitude Theta Aurora

Scientists Solve The Mystery Of The High-Latitude Theta Aurora

By Andreea Popescu

Lynx Space Plane Achieves Construction Milestone

Lynx Space Plane Achieves Construction Milestone

Eight new planets found in ‘Goldilocks’ zone

Eight new planets found in ‘Goldilocks’ zone

Private Dream Chaser Space Plane Keeps Marching Toward Flight

By Christine Doan

Machine learning helps Stanford physicists predict dangerous solar flares earlier

Study: At least two hidden planets beyond Pluto

Astronomers observe fast unknown radio bursts from space

Researchers find levels of nitrogen in meteorites similar to levels in Earth’s atmosphere

Researchers find levels of nitrogen in meteorites similar to levels in Earth’s atmosphere

By Matthew Lincoln

Rosetta Comet ‘pouring’ more water into space

Ancient star system reveals Earth-sized planets forming near start of universe

3,200 megapixel camera will make interactive 3D map of the universe

$Researchers find evidence of fractal behavior in pulsating stars$

Researchers find evidence of fractal behavior in pulsating stars

Closer view of Ceres shows multiple white spots

Closest known flyby of star to our solar system

By Amber Raynolds

U.S. must invest to keep ahead of China in space

U.S. must invest to keep ahead of China in space

Russia plans to create own space station by 2024

By Andrew Johnson

Humans could live in ‘space cities’ that orbit Earth by 2100

Dawn Probe Achieves Ceres Orbit

Giant methane storms on Uranus Puzzle Scientists

By Andrew Johnson

Remote Star Clusters Discovered on Edge of Milky Way

The Milky Way is Much Larger Than Previously Thought

The Milky Way is Much Larger Than Previously Thought

Researchers now say there are planets in the habitable zone around most stars

Researchers now say there are planets in the habitable zone around most stars

Universe may be on the brink of collapse (on the cosmological timescale)

Universe may be on the brink of collapse (on the cosmological timescale)

By Matthew Lincoln

Russia will start sending tourists to space again in 2018

ISRO Launches Fourth Navigation Satellite

Spiderlike Robots Could Build Giant Space Structures

By Mike Anderson

Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System

Paul Allen Launches ‘Vulcan Aerospace’ to Boost Private Space Travel

By Peter Davidson

Giant Galaxies Die From The Inside When They Stop Making Stars

Astrophyicists draw most comprehensive map of the universe

Astrophyicists draw most comprehensive map of the universe

Pentagon requests $5 billion increase for “space protection activities”

Russia Invites China to Join in Creating Lunar Station

By Jason Hudson

NuSTAR captures possible ‘screams’ from zombie stars

NuSTAR captures possible ‘screams’ from zombie stars

By Greg Richards