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Experts pointed to two once-pristine sites that have become worryingly cluttered since the space age dawned in 1957

J025, discovered in May 2014, will be the largest asteroid to come this near to the planet since 2004

The unmanned cargo ship is packed with food and supplies for the astronauts living at the International Space Station

NASA's Office of Inspector General cited technical as well as budget challenges

Your little slice of Earth would be an average 55 miles wide

An ice-encrusted moon orbiting Saturn appears to have the conditions necessary for life

'Touchdown confirmed,' said a commentator on Nasa television broadcasting the landing

Scientists hope to learn if the rings are as old as Saturn itself

NASA will work toward the goal of a crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s

The spacecraft was found orbiting the moon

Private sector companies are energised by the prospect of future space exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit

The video's got conspiracy theorists buzzing!

The animations capture 20-year-old moments of explosion in the galaxy

Three are perfectly perched to harbour life-nurturing oceans of water,

We have made a crucial step towards finding life out there, says researcher

NASA scientist says the discovery has profound effects to understand evolutionary history of microbial life

The spaceship will be carrying food and equipment to the astronauts living at the International Space Station

Six scientists will spend the next eight months in isolation to simulate life for astronauts traveling to Mars

Cernan was one of a class of 14 astronauts chosen to join NASA in 1963, served on both Gemini and Apollo missions

The men's goal for the six-and-a-half hour spacewalk is to finish power maintenance work

'Mars Ice Home' is a large blowup torus, shaped like an inner tube that is enclosed by a casing of water ice

Comet can be seen using a telescope or strong binoculars

Curiosity landed on Mars four years ago to determine if the planet ever had the ingredients for life

Nearly two-thirds of astronauts have reported problems with their eyes after spending months at the ISS

NASA will award up to three $30,000 prizes to the best 'space poop' solutions

The wood-wheel-shaped amulet is the first ever example of 'lost-wax casting' still in practice

The discovery was made through an analysis of images and data collected by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft

PMD advises citizens to remain careful along shore during 'supermoon'

The next comparable event will be in 2034, when the Moon will come even closer, by 64km, to Earth

Shane Kimbrough becomes the latest astronaut to join in a long tradition of voting while floating above the Earth

The spaceship launched on October 17 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia

The lander was on a test-run for a future rover that will seek out evidence of life, past or present on the Red Planet

More than 100 tonnes of dust and sand-sized particles rain down on the planet every day

Astronauts could suffer irreparable brain damage

Orbital ATK will now launch its unmanned Cygnus cargo ship no earlier than Sunday

Within 18 hours, Hurricane Matthew had strengthened to a Category Five hurricane with winds of more than 125 miles

Only one other moon is known in the solar system -- Saturn's moon Enceladus -- to have icy plumes

NASA already proclaimed that Jupitor's moon Europa has strong evidence for an ocean of liquid water beneath its crust

The planet has set a record warm monthly temperature during every month for the past 16 consecutive months

Incredible!

The unmanned spacecraft, known as OSIRIS-REx, is poised to blast off at 7:05 pm (23:05 GMT)

Scientists hope the seven-year, $800 million mission will reveal something about the origins of the Bennu asteroid

The mission comes the same day a US space probe was cleared for launch to collect and return samples from an asteroid

Juno notably sent the first infrared close-ups of the planet's north and south poles

Brevard County Emergency Management says there was no threat to the public from the incident

The team was based on a barren, northern slope of Mauna Loa, living inside a dome that is 36 feet

NASA’s Juno mission successfully skims through Jupiter’s clouds as it completed its closest ever fly-by

DSU is among 20 global varsities involved in cutting edge rocketry research

The $1 billion mission is scheduled for launch on September 8

The International Space Station (ISS) is hurtling through space about 250 miles above the surface of Earth