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USA

World's biggest plane flies for the first time

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13/04/2019

USA

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches on first commercial flight

The massive booster is carrying a Saudi telecommunications satellite into orbit.

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Israel

Israel's Beresheet spacecraft fails in moon landing attempt

Israel's Beresheet spacecraft failed in its "soft" landing on the moon's surface on Thursday evening, its support team said.

11/04/2019

World News

Stellar breakthrough: First image of supermassive black hole unveiled

"We have achieved something presumed to be impossible just a generation ago."

10/04/2019

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Watch: Russia launches supply rocket for International Space Station

A Russian rocket has been successfully launched and is on its way to the International Space Station

04/04/2019

USA

Scientists track birth of giant storm on Neptune for the first time

Scientists say the storm spans 11,000 kilometres.

26/03/2019

World News

NASA cancels all-female spacewalk over spacesuit sizes

NASA has been forced to cancel its first ever all-female spacewalk over limited spacesuit sizes

26/03/2019

World News

Final supermoon of the year will light up the sky this Wednesday

The final supermoon of the year will light up the sky on March 20-21. It will occur only a few hours after the spring equinox.

19/03/2019

USA

Toyota's moon rover concept is a high-tech, six-wheeled 'lunar RV'

The proposed vehicle represents a big improvement over NASA's Apollo-era moon buggies.

14/03/2019

USA

Watch: SpaceX's Crew Dragon docks at ISS

The Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station 27 hours after launching into orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Space Coast.

03/03/2019

World

Six satellites launched as part of new internet project to serve remote areas

A rocket carrying six satellites took off from French Guiana on Wednesday. It's the first step in a project aimed at giving millions of people in remote areas of the world access to high speed internet.

28/02/2019

Japan

Japan successfully lands spacecraft on asteroid

Hayabusa 2 touched down on the Ryugu asteroid and will bring back the biggest number of samples from space since astronauts landed on the moon

22/02/2019

World News

NASA launches weather service from the surface of Mars

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20/02/2019

Economy

Watch in full: Bolsonaro, Davos disrupters, and space

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22/01/2019

World News

Asteroids are crashing into Earth more often than before, study finds

Asteroids are crashing into Earth more often than before but don't worry, there's no immediate danger — the next one is set to cross our paths in more than 800 years.

18/01/2019

China

Chinese researchers sprout seeds on the moon for first time ever

Cotton seeds transported to the moon earlier this month have sprouted, Chinese researchers have said

15/01/2019

Russia

Russia's space agency loses control of Spektr-R satellite

Spektr-R satellite is continuing to transmit signals, but scientists have been unable to control the satellite since Friday

12/01/2019

China

Watch: China releases video showing far side of the moon

The Chang'e-4 probe landed on January 3. It was the first to ever land on the dark side of the moon.

11/01/2019

Canada

Scientists discover mysterious repeating radio signal from deep space

A group of Canadian scientists have discovered a repeating radio signal, the second of its kind ever found, emitted from an unknown location in deep space

10/01/2019

World News

Lunar eclipse 'Blood Moon' coming soon and is last one until 2021

A total lunar eclipse will be visible in western Europe on January 21.

09/01/2019