Space Science News Articles

The results extend what we regard as the habitable space on Earth...

Is lettuce grown in space as good for you as lettuce grown on Earth?

The largest full dish radio telescope in the world is ready to probe the mysteries of the universe...

Know when to hang out your washing thanks to new wind data from this satellite.

Aerogels are excellent thermal insulators, and a thin layer could make Mars more habitable...

No mua aliens: alien technology is not a viable explanation for Oumuamua

Reusable spacecraft will make space travel more budget friendly. How will the ESA's spacecraft work?

An advanced camera captures an ancient star.

New study yields insight into the structure of a peculiar class of sub-atomic particles known as pentaquarks.

Four new DNA building blocks that meet the criteria to encode life have been created by US scientists...

Where did the moon's water come from, and where did it go?

Scientists learn more about how a Martian mountain formed...

Chris Hadfield and Stuart Clark take us to the future.

A galaxy in the early universe feeds off its smaller neighbours...

If we can't see them, how do we know they're there?

Four gas giants form from the dust of a junior star...

With NASA turning 60, Professor Andrew Coates of University College London, spoke to Sam Brown about what's next...

How the building blocks of life might have formed

New results shed light on excess positrons.

Space scientists have confirmed the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting a cool, calm star about 11 light years...

After 13 years in orbit about Saturn, and making some of the most important discoveries in our Solar System, the...

Scientists rewrite the rules of Jupiter’s auroras to explain the latest data from NASA's Juno Mission.

Scientists report the first conclusive detection of vinyl cyanide, a molecule that could form cell-membrane like...

An atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet has been detected for the first time by UK scientists.