If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut, apply to NASA now
If you've ever fancied walking on the moon, this could be your chance. NASA is opening applications for its astronaut training program, but few will qualify.
NASA completes a high-pressure test of its Orion spacecraft emergency motor
NASA has completed the final test of the attitude control motor for its Orion craft, set to carry astronauts to the moon by 2024 as part of the Artemis project.
SpaceX to launch NASA’s Psyche mission to a strange metal asteroid
NASA has contracted SpaceX to carry out the launch for its upcoming Psyche mission to a strange metal asteroid in our solar system.
Astronomers want your help to identify thousands of black holes
Astronomers are asking for the public's help in identifying black holes using data from the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope.
Watch this SpaceX Starship prototype implode during pressure test
SpaceX has suffered a setback during testing of its Starship rocket, with its SN1 prototype appearing to implode during a pressure test.
Mars could once have hosted oceans and life, study of meteorite crater shows
A new study looking at ancient meteorite sites here on Earth could give clues to how life could have developed on Mars.
Astronomers find potentially habitable exoplanet twice the size of Earth
Astronomers from the University of Cambridge have located a large potentially habitable exoplanet, more than twice the size of Earth.
Boeing admits to ‘gaps’ in its testing of troubled Starliner capsule
Boeing has admitted to 'gaps' in the testing of its ill-fated Starliner capsule and has committed to performing more rigorous testing in the future.
Netflix’s The Witcher has found its Vesemir: Killing Eve’s Kim Bodnia
Netflix has announced another casting for the upcoming season two of its hit show The Witcher: Kim Bodnia will be playing Geralt's father figure Vesemir.
Mars is covered in dust devils and has strange magnetic pulses, InSight reveals
NASA's InSight lander has been on Mars since 2018 and has collected a wealth of information on what is going on at and beneath the planet's surface.
Katherine Johnson, ‘Hidden Figures’ pioneer of early spaceflight, dies at 101
Katherine Johnson, responsible for computations in NASA's earliest forays into spaceflight and made famous by the film Hidden Figures, has passed away.
European customers can save 10 euros on Disney+ if they pre-order now
Disney+ will be expanding to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain on March 31, 2020, and Disney is offering €10/£10 off a yearly subscription.
NASA wants your help to design an avoidance sensor for a Venus rover
NASA is looking to members of the public to design an avoidance sensor for obstacles courses which could be used as part of a future Venus rover project.
A year on this Jupiter-like planet lasts 18 hours and it’s about to be destroyed
Planet NGTS-10b is 27 times closer to its star than Mercury is to the sun, and according to the researchers it is "perilously close" to being torn apart.
New method for detecting exoplanet atmospheres could help find habitable planets
Astronomers have come up with a way to examine the interactions of planets and their stars to discern what kind of environments the planets might have.
Researchers use artificial intelligence to develop powerful new antibiotic
Researchers at MIT have used artificial intelligence to develop a new antibiotic compound which can kill even some antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
Bathe in nostalgia with the trailer for Netflix’s ‘Transformers’ anime series
A new trailer for Netflix's latest animation project, Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy: Siege, is chock full of 80s nostalgia and plenty of action.
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is taking a two-week vacation
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is taking a two-week hiatus from its scientific mission so that maintenance can be performed on its flash memory.
Turns out Jupiter has far more water in its atmosphere than we thought
NASA's Juno spacecraft has made a significant discovery about the atmosphere of Jupiter -- it contains water, clustered more in some areas than in others.
Brave InSight Lander doing its best to free stuck heat probe from Martian soil
NASA's InSight lander has its heat probe stuck in the Martian soil. Now, engineers have a plan to get it moving using the scoop on the lander's robotic arm.
Here are all the science projects that SpaceX will deliver to the ISS
SpaceX will be launching a Dragon cargo spacecraft to the ISS, carrying research into topics from growing human heart cells to making more comfortable sneakers.
Solar Orbiter sends back first measurements from space just days after launch
European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter sends back its first measurements, confirming its instruments for measuring electromagnetic fields are working correctly.
SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites, but things didn’t go as planned
SpaceX has successfully launched and deployed 60 more Starlink satellites from a Falcon 9, bringing the total number of satellites in the network to nearly 300.
SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites today: Here’s how to watch
SpaceX will launch the next batch of 60 satellites on Monday as part of its Starlink program, which aims to build a low-cost, global broadband network. Here's how to watch
Searching for evidence of intelligent life at the heart of the Milky Way
A new trove of data on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been released, with the public invited to view and analyze the data for themselves.
Hubble captures a beautiful spiral galaxy with loose, open arms
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 2008, located 425 million light-years away in the constellation of Pictor.