NASA readies for rocket test flight
NASA has carted a sleek, towering rocket to the launch pad to test the vehicle planned to replace the retiring space shuttles and return US astronauts to the Moon.
The
Star gazers spy 32 new exoplanets
Astronomers have announced the discovery of 32 new planets outside our solar system, some of them only a few times larger than Earth.
The relatively small size increas
Solar system surrounded by bright ribbon
A bright ribbon of hydrogen atoms marks the edge of the solar system, where the Sun's wind meets emissions from the rest of the galaxy, US researchers report.
The resu
Planets form out of 'dirty' stars
On Earth cleanliness is next to godliness, but in deep space it seems it is a recipe for a lonely existence.
A recent study published in the
Asteroid identified as planet in the making
Astronomers believe asteroid 2 Pallas is a protoplanet, which formed during the making of our solar system.
The suggestion, published in a paper in the latest edition
NASA prepares 'head-on' moon mission
NASA is preparing a violent return to the Moon as part of a mission to send a satellite and a rocket booster crashing into the lunar surface to look for water.
Conspir
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