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CHINA PLANS TO LAND PROBES ON FAR SIDE OF MOON, MARS BY 2020
Although the white paper doesn't mention it, China's eventual goal is to land an astronaut on the moon... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP EXPECTED TO SLASH NASA'S CLIMATE CHANGE BUDGET IN FAVOUR OF SENDING HUMANS BACK TO THE MOON
At the same time Mr Obama proposed cutting support for deep space exploration by 840 million next year... READ MORE›
WHAT IS A SUPERMOON, WHEN CAN I SEE THE LARGEST MOON IN 69 YEARS AND WILL IT BE CLOUDY WHERE I LIVE?
At 11.23am UK time on Monday, the gap between the Earth and the moon will close to its shortest point, known as perigee... READ MORE›
BIG MOON BUT YOUR BRAINS DOING THE WORK
Mr Vlahos said an east-facing beach, tall building or hill would be the best place to view the moon from on Monday afternoon and evening... READ MORE›
'SANCTIONS WON'T STOP OUR SPACE RACE'
North Korean space officials say they are hard at work on a five-year plan to launch more advanced satellites into orbit by 2020... READ MORE›
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SUPERMOON LUNAR ECLIPSE
The best place to see the lunar eclipse will be anywhere on Earth where the skies are clear... READ MORE›
EDGAR MITCHELL, APOLLO 14 ASTRONAUT, MOON WALKER, DIES
Edgar mitchell, apollo 14 astronaut who walked on moon, dies at 85... READ MORE›
RUSSIA CALLS INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER US MOON LANDINGS HAPPENED
The increasingly tense relationship between the United States and Russia might be about to face a new challenge a Russian investigation into American moon landings... READ MORE›
BLUE MOON: YOU CAPTURE A RARE EVENT
Sam Roots took this picture of the blue moon in Oxfordshire... READ MORE›
DOES IT MATTER THE MOON IS MOVING AWAY FROM US?
As the Moon's gravitational pull gets weaker, tides on Earth won't be as strong... READ MORE›
FRIDAY'S BLUE MOON - THE MOST STUNNING IMAGES
Blue moon through leaves Leaves silhouetted against the blue moon in London... READ MORE›
BLOOD MOON DOES NOT SIGNAL END OF THE WORLD
Sunday night's blood moon recent natural disasters and global political unrest have reportedly led to a rise in sales of emergency supplies... READ MORE›
MILLIONS WATCH 'BLOOD MOON' RISE IN TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
For a lunar eclipse to occur, the Sun, Earth and Moon must align roughly in a straight line... READ MORE›
CHINESE MOON PROBE SUCCESSFULLY RETURNS TO EARTH
Please read our An unmanned Chinese probe successfully returned to earth yesterday after circumnavigating the moon, bolstering the country's status as a space power... READ MORE›
COMMENT: HAVING CHILDREN IS NOT THE FORMULA FOR A HAPPY LIFE
Of course, happiness in the moment does not necessarily correlate with life satisfaction... READ MORE›
CLOCKED AT 126,000 KPH, STADIUM-SIZE ASTEROID TO SHAVE PAST EARTH, MOON ON HALLOWEEN
Clocked at 126 000 kph stadium-size asteroid to shave past earth moon on halloween... READ MORE›
DATA FROM PLUTO AND ITS MOON REVEAL STRANGE NEW WORLDS TO SCIENTISTS
After looking at just 1 per cent of Pluto's surface the scientists found mountains of ice towering 3350 metres above the dwarf planet... READ MORE›
DATA FROM PLUTO AND ITS MOON REVEAL STRANGE NEW WORLDS TO SCIENTISTS
After looking at just 1 per cent of Pluto's surface the scientists found mountains of ice towering 3350 metres above the dwarf planet... READ MORE›
STUDY DETAILS HOW ASTEROIDS BROUGHT WATER TO THE MOON -- AND EARTH
And a new study, published Wednesday, tells us how and when that water -- lots of it -- likely wound up on the moon... READ MORE›
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BURIED BELOW PLUTO'S SURFACE A SLUSHY SEA BIGGER THAN ALL THE WATER ON EARTH
New Horizons is on its way to another frozen world in the Kuiper Belt region of the solar system about 1 billion miles 1.6 billion km past Pluto... READ MORE›
EARTH HAD ASTEROID NEAR-MISS LAST WEEK
Surprised scientists breathe a sigh of relief just as NASA prepares to launch its probe to Bennu, a space rock that regularly comes close to earth... READ MORE›
NASA SPACECRAFT SENDS BACK CLOSE-UP IMAGES OF JUPITER'S POLES
Jupiter's north polar region, taken by the Juno spacecraft 195,000 kilometers away are the first-ever close-up images of the planet's poles... READ MORE›
NASA PROBE MAKES CLOSEST APPROACH TO JUPITER, BEGINS SCIENCE MISSION
Washington - NASA's Juno space probe on Saturday made the closest-ever pass to Jupiter and began its science mission to the gas giant... READ MORE›
A BANNER WEEK FOR IMAGES FROM OUTER SPACE
This week, we saw NASA spacecraft Juno's first pictures from Jupiter and the deepest view yet of the Orion Nebula... READ MORE›
DISTANT ICE WORLD SHOWS WHY PLUTO DESERVES DWARF PLANET STATUS
Officially, the International Astronomical Union IAU recognizes five dwarf planets -- Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake and Haumea... READ MORE›
NUMBERS MUST ALL LINE UP AS NASA PROBE READIES ENCOUNTER WITH HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE JUPITER
Eventually, Juno will succumb to the intense radiation and will be commanded to plunge into Jupiter's atmosphere to avoid any collision with the planet's moons... READ MORE›
NEW METHOD COULD PRODUCE FIRST BLACK HOLE PICS
Jupiter's icy moon Europa may be the best place in the solar system to look for extraterrestrial life, according to NASA... READ MORE›
MARS MAKES A 'CLOSE APPROACH' TO EARTH TONIGHT
Monday's close approach comes on the heels of the Mars opposition on May 22, when the planet and sun were on directly opposite sides of the Earth... READ MORE›
SKYWATCH YOUR GUIDE TO SPACE
IReporter Robert Ondrovic captured an image of the penumbral lunar eclipse in 2013 from Somers, New York, and shared some tips about how to photograph the event... READ MORE›
EXPLODING STAR'S SHOCKWAVE WITNESSED
Jupiter's icy moon Europa may be the best place in the solar system to look for extraterrestrial life, according to NASA... READ MORE›
EARTH-LIKE WORLD COULD BE 'MOST IMPORTANT PLANET FOUND OUTSIDE SOLAR SYSTEM'
A rocky Earth-sized planet that circles a small, nearby star could be the most important world ever found beyond the solar system, astronomers say... READ MORE›