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NASA's mission to deflect an asteroid led to unexpected results with 'something unknown at work'
This mission had an unexpected outcome
Airport radars may accidentally be alerting aliens who are 200 light-years away, study claims
Imagine these aliens thinking, “these humans do travel a lot, don’t they”
Man who broke the speed of sound jumping from space to Earth shares the one 'very alarming' moment he faced
Felix Baumgartner jumped from space and broke the speed of sound
European Space Agency built two satellites that fake solar eclipses on demand
A total faux total eclipse
This is what will happen after the International Space Station is destroyed in 2030
The ISS has served the world for nearly 30 years
Large unidentified object spotted from outside solar system the same day as it was in 'Independence Day'
Where’s Will Smith when you need him?
Orbital solar farms could beam clean power to Earth anytime and anywhere by 2030
Taking wireless charging to a new level
Jeff Bezos' satellite is lost in space after losing all power
No connection in the vacuum of space… what will happen?
24-year-old US woman has spent her whole life preparing to be the first person on Mars
As David Bowie said: Is there life on Mars?
Few moments were more iconic than a NASA space shuttle soaring over the Golden Gate Bridge on a 747
There are few more iconic NASA moments than the space shuttle Endeavour flying over the Golden Gate Bridge on the back of a 747 on its farewell journey. It was all part of the space shuttle Endeavour’s last journey before retirement, having completed 25 missions. That final journey saw the shuttle soar over many iconic […]
November 2026 will mark the first time in history a human-made object has travelled a light day away from Earth
“Space is big. Really big.”