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The new tour highlights the mineral composition of the Aristarchus plateau, evidence for surface water ice in certain spots near the south pole, and the mapping of gravity in and around the Orientale basin.

NASA releases 'Tour of the Moon' in 4K

NASA has released a 'Moon tour' video that will make you want to go for a visit.

10 Apr 2018 6:47 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Forget Rome, Paris, soon you can holiday in space too

However, it doesn't come cheap.

08 Apr 2018 10:02 AM

Engineers who have designed and created harpoons for two pioneering space debris clearing projects said the appeal of such time-tested concepts was their simplicity.

Scientists plan big on space junk crisis

Other devices being tested on the RemoveDebris satellite include a net to catch debris

07 Apr 2018 9:06 AM

"There's lots of action going on there," said study lead author Chuck Hailey, a Columbia University astrophysicist.

The centre of the Milky Way is teeming with black holes

Astronomers poring over old x-ray observations have found signs of a dozen black holes in the inner circle of the Milky Way.

05 Apr 2018 1:56 PM

This file photo shows visitors sit beside a model of China’s Tiangong-1 space station at the 8th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in southern China’s Guangdong Province. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific

The experimental space laboratory re-entered around 8:15 a.m. Beijing time, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said.

03 Apr 2018 3:32 PM

The shape of China's falling space station Tiangong-1 can be seen in this radar image from the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques near Bonn, Germany. In the next few days, the unoccupied Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to reenter the atmosphere following the end of its operational life. Most of the craft should burn up. (Photo: AP)

China's 'space dream': A long walk to the moon

The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station.

02 Apr 2018 12:44 PM

No one knows for sure where debris may land though many experts believe much of the station will burn up during re-entry.

Tiangong-1 space station to enter Earth's atmosphere on Monday: China

Beijing said on March 30 that it is unlikely any large pieces will reach the ground.

01 Apr 2018 2:10 PM

TESS, roughly the size of a refrigerator with solar-panel wings, is equipped with four special cameras to survey 200,000 stars that are relatively near the sun and thus among the brightest in the sky, seeking out those with planets of their own. (Photo: NASA)

NASA intensifying search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar system

NASA plans to send the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

01 Apr 2018 1:54 PM

Advancing China’s space program is a priority for President Xi Jinping, who has called for Beijing to become a global space power with both advanced civilian space flight and capabilities that strengthen national security.

China says unlikely large pieces of space station will crash to earth

The craft is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere at some time from this week

31 Mar 2018 9:54 AM

US astronaut Richard Arnold shown here before heading to the International Space Station is one of two Americans undertaking a space walk. (Photo: AFP)

US astronauts make a spacewalk to perform ISS repairs

The walk, which lasted six hours and 10 minutes by flight engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold got off to a delayed start.

30 Mar 2018 7:22 PM

This image is assembled from a series of January 2018 photos of Mars made by the Mars Curiosity rover. (AP File Photo, NASA)

Can we live in space? Can humans live on moon or Mars colony?

Tucked away in high-tech laboratories, a team of 30 researchers are studying new ways to keep humans alive on a potential moon or Mars.

30 Mar 2018 1:03 PM

This photo shows researchers testing China’s first space station module Tiangong-1 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gansu Province prior to its launch on September 29, 2011. (Photo: AP)

China’s defunct space lab hurtling toward Earth for re-entry

China’s defunct and believed out-of-control space station is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere sometime in the coming days.

29 Mar 2018 4:51 PM

This image made with the Hubble Space Telescope shows the diffuse galaxy NGC 1052-DF2, lighter area in center. Several other galaxies can be seen through it. (P van Dokkum/NASA/ESA via AP)

Astronomers baffled by distant galaxy void of dark matter

The unusual galaxy’s stars are speeding around with no apparent influence from dark matter, according to a study.

29 Mar 2018 4:27 PM

Tiangong-1 was originally planned to be decommissioned in 2013 but China has repeatedly extended the length of its mission. (Representative Image)

China's Tiangong-1 space lab to fall into Earth's atmosphere this weekend: ESA

The Tiangong-1 ceased functioning in March 2016 and is rumoured to be out of control since then.

28 Mar 2018 7:57 AM

Last month, NASA's busy Opportunity surpassed its 5,000 day on Mars.

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity marks 2,000th day on red planet

It's a big milestone this week for scientists eager for Curiosity to begin drilling again

24 Mar 2018 9:22 AM

After the long procedure to open the hatches between the Soyuz and the space station, the trio will join station residents Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Two Americans, one Russian dock with International Space Station

On board the capsule were NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.

24 Mar 2018 9:19 AM

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

False stories claim NASA ‘confessed’ to spreading lithium

NASA has allegedly “confessed” to “dosing Americans” with lithium and other chemicals.

23 Mar 2018 7:10 PM

China has used these satellites in the past to send seeds into space, developing new types of plants from seeds that have been exposed to zero gravity and cosmic radiation. (Representational image)

China to offer commercial recoverable satellites in next two years

The satellites allow scientists to send experiments into space on unmanned missions and recover the results.

19 Mar 2018 8:38 AM

President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Tuesday, March 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Star Wars? President Trump proposes military space force

President Donald Trump says America should create its own separate military space force.

14 Mar 2018 9:02 AM

Data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, orbiting the solar system’s largest planet since 2016, is providing researchers with what they called unprecedented insight into Jupiter’s internal dynamics and structure. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Juno spacecraft strips Jupiter down to its underwear

Until now, scientists have had scant information about what lies below Jupiter’s thick red, brown, yellow and white clouds.

09 Mar 2018 8:44 AM

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