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China

China lands rover on dark side of the moon

China becomes first nation to land rover on dark side of the moon

03/01/2019

World News

Spacecraft beams back first images of most distant object observed

Spacecraft beams back first images of most distant object observed

02/01/2019

World News

NASA explorer rings in the New Year with flyby of faraway cosmic body

The US space agency's New Horizons probe made a successful flyby of the Ultima Thule.

01/01/2019

World News

Antarctic scientists record 'eerie' sounds of space

Scientists at a research station in Antarctica recorded "eerie" sounds of space using a receiver which lies beneath the Earth's geomagnetic field lines

28/12/2018

USA

Sending people to Mars is 'stupid,' says former US astronaut

Bill Anders was on the first mission to successfully orbit the Moon in 1968.

24/12/2018

World News

Saturn 'losing its rings', new NASA research finds

The planet is losing its rings at a "worst-case-scenario" rate, according to the space agency

22/12/2018

World News

Astronomers find 'most distant object in our Solar System'

The most distant object ever observed in our Solar System has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. With current technology, it would take a space probe more than 40 years to reach "Farout"

18/12/2018

USA

Watch this space: Four rockets set for blast-off in busy 24 hours

SpaceX, Blue Origin, Arianespace and United Launch Alliance all have rockets scheduled for lift-off today. Here's how to watch them.

18/12/2018

World News

Comet flyby to be visible with naked eye

Comet 46P/Wirtanen will be visible from dark-sky locations tonight as it safely buzzes Earth at a distance of only 11.7 million kilometers.

16/12/2018

World News

'Flurry of shooting stars' to light up the sky

If you want to wish upon a shooting star, the annual Geminids meteor shower is to be at its peak on Thursday and Friday!

13/12/2018

USA

Virgin Galactic aims 'to reach space' on test flight

SpaceShipTwo is expected to reach an altitude of 80 kms.

13/12/2018

World News

NASA's Voyager 2 'leaves Solar System' and enters interstellar space

Probe becomes the second human-made object to leave the Solar System and enter the realm of interstellar space.

11/12/2018

World News

NASA spacecraft captures first ever 'sounds' of wind on Mars

NASA's InSight lander recorded the 'unworldly' sound of Martian wind

08/12/2018

United Kingdom

UK minister quits over Brexit deal and access to Galileo space project

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed on Friday that the UK will pull out of the EU's Galileo satellite-navigation system.

01/12/2018

World News

The InSight lander's work on Mars has only just begun

NASA’s InSight lander completed a seven-month journey through space after landing on Mars yesterday, but its work on the Red Planet has only just begun.

28/11/2018

World News

NASA's InSight spacecraft sends 'selfie' back to earth

NASA's InSight spacecraft sends 'selfie' back to earth

27/11/2018

USA

Watch again: NASA’s InSight lander arrives on Mars

Join Euronews live as NASA's InSight lander arrives on Mars.

26/11/2018

World News

Russia planning moon base manned by robots

Russia's space agency says it is considering establishing a base on the moon, possibly manned by robot avatars.

07/11/2018

World News

Oumuamua: Comet or Alien Solar Probe? | Euronews answers

Harvard-based researchers say a mystery object traveling through space could be a spacecraft sent towards the Earth by an alien civilisation.

06/11/2018

USA

Neil Armstrong astronaut memorabilia auction lifts off

Space enthusiasts spend more than $4 million in just the first day of an auction of Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s personal collection of memorabilia.

03/11/2018