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NASA mission to Mercury ends

NASA’s Messenger spacecraft ended its four-year mission to Mercury on Thursday. In the course of its study Messenger found ice in the planet’s polar

01/05/2015

World News

Hubble Space Telescope: NASA releases 25th birthday snapshot

It is an anniversary image that is out of this world! For the 25th birthday of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA has released a celestial snapshot

23/04/2015

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Soyuz lands safely with three ISS crew members ending nearly six months in space

A U.S. astronaut and two cosmonauts from Russia have returned to Earth after 167 days on board the International Space Station. Alexander

12/03/2015

World News

Astronauts go on spacewalk for new work on ISS

International space station prepares for eventual arrival of new taxis

01/03/2015

World

What is a black hole?

What is a black hole? A black hole is a region of space containing matter so dense light is unable to travel through it fast enough. The

26/02/2015

World News

New, huge black hole challenges pre-existing theories

At 12 billion times as big as the sun, a newly-discovered black hole is challenging what we thought we knew about physics.

26/02/2015

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Spacewalking astronauts rig station for new US space taxis

26/02/2015

World News

Rosetta captures some of the first 67P comet close-ups

18/02/2015

World News

ESA preps for its first space-plane blast off

The European Space Agency is making the final preparations for its first ever space-plane launch on Wednesday. The IXV, short for Intermediate

10/02/2015

World

Why is Europe's IXV spaceplane mission so vital?

09/02/2015

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Dark matter, dark energy: ESA and CERN set to unravel mysteries of the cosmos

29/01/2015

United Kingdom

The Beagle has landed - Britain's missing spacecraft found on Mars

Beagle 2 was part of the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission

16/01/2015

USA

US crew evacuated to Russian segment of International Space Station

Fears that a possible ammonia leak had been detected on board the International Space Station may turn out to have been a false alarm. Russian’s

14/01/2015

USA

Next SpaceX rocket launch attempt expected on Friday

The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida was called off at the last minute because of a unspecified technical issue, said NASA. The

06/01/2015

World News

The first meteor shower of 2015 peaks this weekend

02/01/2015

World News

NASA rover detects methane on Mars

NASA’s Mars rover has found a type of gas which could suggest past or present life on the Red plant. Methane has been detected which is a chemical

17/12/2014

World

Rosetta team is euronews' people of 2014

16/12/2014

China

China and Brazil launch jointly developed rocket

A rocket developed jointly by China and Brazil has been launched from China’s northern Shanxi Province. It was carrying a satellite which will be

07/12/2014

USA

NASA Orion space capsule spashes down in Pacific Ocean

A US spaceship has made an almost perfect splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, wrapping up a four-hour unmanned test flight

05/12/2014

USA

NASA's Orion spacecraft soars into space

NASA’s Orion space capsule blasted off for an unmanned test flight on Friday from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Gusty winds and a last-minute technical

05/12/2014