Lake on Mars may have supported life Evidence of a freshwater lake that may once have supported life has been discovered on Mars. News • 09 Dec 13
No signs of comet following trip around the Sun A comet's 5.5-million-year journey to the inner solar system has apparently ended during a disastrous trip around the sun, scientists have said. News • 28 Nov 13
NASA launches latest mission to Mars NASA has launched its latest mission to Mars, which is devoted to understanding the upper Martian atmosphere. News • 18 Nov 13
NASA releases composite image of Saturn and Earth NASA has released a stunning new composite image of Saturn, in which its moons, rings, the Earth, Venus and Mars are all visible for the … News • 12 Nov 13
Hopes for life on Mars fade after methane findings NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has come up empty-handed in its search for methane in the planet's atmosphere, a gas that on Earth is a strong … News • 20 Sep 13
Voyager 1 leaves solar system NASA has confirmed that its Voyager 1 spacecraft has become the first human-made object ever to leave the solar system. News • 12 Sep 13
NASA Voyager probe enters interstellar space NASA's long-lived Voyager probe crossed into interstellar space last year, becoming the first man-made object to leave the solar system, new research shows. News • 16 Aug 13
NASA releases stunning Saturn hurricane photograph NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn's north pole. News • 30 Apr 13
NASA chief: Pray if big asteroid set to hit Earth NASA chief Charles Bolden has said praying is all anyone could do if a large asteroid was found to be on a collision course with … News • 20 Mar 13
Asteroid makes Earth flyby An asteroid half the size of a football field has passed closer to Earth than any other known object of its size. News • 15 Feb 13
'17 billion planets' similar in size to Earth There are at least 17 billion planets that are similar in size to Earth in our Milky Way, a new estimate suggests. News • 08 Jan 13
NASA crashes spacecraft into the Moon A pair of NASA spacecraft crashed into a mountain near the Moon's north pole yesterday, bringing a deliberate end to a mission that peered into … News • 18 Dec 12
NASA explains the day after the 'end of the world' NASA has prematurely released a video explaining why the world did not come to an end on 21 December, 2012. News • 14 Dec 12
NASA releases stunning 'black marble' view of Earth at night Almost 40 years to the day after the Apollo 17 crew snapped the famed "blue marble" image of Earth floating in space, NASA has unveiled … Special Reports • 06 Dec 12
Scientists surprised by rock on Mars The first rock nuzzled by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is a little more unusual than scientists expected. Special Reports • 12 Oct 12
SpaceX rocket launches for space station delivery A privately-owned, unmanned Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule successfully blasted off from Cape Canaveral for the International Space Station. News • 08 Oct 12
NASA shows off first colour images from Mars NASA has shown off the first high-resolution, colour portrait images taken by the Mars rover, Curiosity. News • 28 Aug 12
NASA's Curiosity rover begins exploration of Mars The NASA rover Curiosity has made its first test drive on the surface of Mars. News • 22 Aug 12
NASA plans Mars rover's first moves NASA has unveiled plans for its Mars rover Curiosity's first road trip, part of a two-year quest to determine if the planet most like Earth … News • 18 Aug 12
'Mohawk Guy' puts NASA in spotlight While dozens of rocket scientists packed NASA's mission control room during the landing of the Mars rover Curiosity, no one made a bigger impression on … Special Reports • 10 Aug 12
Curiosity behaving 'flawlessly' on Mars mission Science rover Curiosity took a break from instrument checks on its third full day on Mars to beam back more pictures from the Red Planet. News • 10 Aug 12
NASA probe lands successfully on Mars NASA's robotic space craft, Curiosity, has made a successful landing on Mars. News • 07 Aug 12
'Unprecedented' melting in Greenland detected NASA scientists have detected "unprecedented" melting over a large area of Greenland's massive ice sheet, more than has been detected in three decades of satellite … News • 25 Jul 12
World's top scientists in Dublin for ESOF 2012 More than 500 of the world's top scientists are in the city for the five-day Euroscience Open Forum event, which is Europe's biggest general science … News • 12 Jul 12
Dragon capsule splashes down in Pacific SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, world's first commercial space cargo carrier, returned to Earth this afternoon, ending its revolutionary voyage to the International Space Station with an … News • 31 May 12
