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A long way from home: Incredible image reveals the Earth and moon – as seen from 127 million miles away by NASA's Mars orbiter

08/01/17 13:55

08/01/17 00:52

NASA reported that all three lithium-ion batteries were up and running, a successful start to the space agency's long-term effort to upgrade the aging solar power system.

07/01/17 00:22

Called NED-D, is a critical resource, not only for studying these galaxies, but also for determining the distances to billions of other galaxies strewn throughout the universe.

06/01/17 23:45

A new study has found the frigid, permanently shadowed regions near the lunar poles, and may possibly produce 'sparks' that could vaporize and melt the soil.

06/01/17 20:38

On Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, millions in the U.S. will have their eyes to the sky as they witness a total solar eclipse - and Nasa has revealed exactly who will see it.

06/01/17 15:11

A PhD student from the University of New South Wales, Australia used data from NASA and an algorithm to design maps showing how the US and Europe look just before sunset.

06/01/17 14:18

The breakup of the massive Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica is getting closer and will eventually produce an iceberg the size of Delaware according to new NASA data.

05/01/17 15:16

The research, led by York University, Toronto, and Johns Hopkins University , indicates these icy features may also exist on other planets where environmental conditions are similar.

04/01/17 23:15

The missions, known as Lucy and Psyche have the potential to open new windows on one of the earliest eras in the history of our solar system less than 10 million years after the birth of our sun.

04/01/17 18:56

This week a comet that started life in the outer reaches of our solar system will be visible from Earth. Another recently-discovered object, called 2016 WF9, will be seen on 25 February.

04/01/17 15:18

Nasa is set to announce which missions have been selected for the next round of its 'Discovery' Program during a press conference in Washington which will be held at 9PM GMT (4PM ET).

03/01/17 20:56

Floating high above the hydrocarbon lakes, wispy clouds have finally started to return to Titan's northern latitudes, new images have found.

03/01/17 12:15

Nasa's Suomi NPP spacecraft captured the image of the northern lights over British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories in Canada.

30/12/16 18:08

According to NASA, the colour is suggestive of the diversity in the rocks’ composition, and a similar phenomenon has been seen in other areas where the rover detected hematite.

29/12/16 08:16

The view was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept 9 at roughly 750,000 miles from Saturn, giving scientists a chance to study the weather patterns leading up to its summer solstice.

28/12/16 08:32

It is the second 'spoon' to be found on Mars in recent years, with believers claiming it could be proof of developed life on the planet.

27/12/16 04:45

Piers Sellers - a hero of astronaut Tim Peake - grew up in Britain, but moved to the US in 1982 to work with NASA in Maryland before embarking on several missions

22/12/16 21:58

A new image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveals a stunning close-up view of Saturn’s moon Pandora. It’s one of the highest-resolution views yet, showing the 52-mile-wide moon.

22/12/16 16:44

The Martian south pole is dotted with strange networks of branching troughs known as ‘spiders,’ each carved through years of erosion as seasonal carbon dioxide thaws.

20/12/16 22:13

Scientists with the China Academy of Space Technology claim NASA’s results ‘re-confirm’ what they’d already achieved, and have plans to implement it in satellites ‘as quickly as possible.’

20/12/16 21:40

Taken from California, it shows the International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, in silhouette as it transits the sun at roughly five miles per second on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016.

20/12/16 07:24

Saturn's moon Mimas appears to be crashing through its rings - but it's just an optical illusion. NASA's Cassini spacecraft Mimas is actually 28,000 miles (45,000 kilometers) away from the rings.

16/12/16 03:55

NASA launched eight mini-satellites Thursday morning to measure surface wind deep in the heart of hurricanes.The plane carrying the satellites took off shortly after sunrise

14/12/16 21:38

Imagery collected by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) attached to NASA’s satellite reveals a polar vortex sweeping across the US - bringing record low temperatures to certain areas.

14/12/16 17:27

The Juno spacecraft, currently in orbit around Jupiter, snapped the image on Sunday before beaming it back to the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

14/12/16 16:36

The rover is climbing a layered Martian mountain, and has found the ingredients for a 'stew of life', researchers said at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.

14/12/16 16:28

Engineers are troubleshooting a snag on NASA's Curiosity that's preventing the rover from moving its robotic arm and driving to another spot on Mars, the space agency said Tuesday.

14/12/16 10:48

The new images include an up-close look at the moon Tethys, detailed views of Saturn’s atmosphere from high above the northern hemisphere and new pictures of the rings themselves.

13/12/16 22:34

Elon Musk's Dragon capsule will now launch in May 2018 - not 2017, as the firm has previously planned

13/12/16 12:40

Dr Joseph Nuth, a researcher at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland, says that as it stands, humanity could be destroyed by an asteroid strike.

13/12/16 08:46

New findings from Nasa researchers were announced at the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco last week and suggest self-healing chips could combat radiation.

12/12/16 19:43

The polar cap is made from carbon dioxide, which does not occur naturally on Earth. The circular pits are holes in this dry ice layer that expand by a few meters each Martian year.

11/12/16 17:58

The film Hidden Figures tells the story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson - black rocket scientists with Nasa who changed the face of a white male profession.

09/12/16 21:06

NASA has finally joined the GIF craze, revealing a collection of more than 450 animations of experiments, simulations, and life in space. The space agency is now sharing images on GIPHY.

08/12/16 19:06

Washington D.C.-based Nasa has explained exactly how the spacecraft is built to be able to see the asteroid from as far away as 0.62 million miles (1 million km) and as close as just a few feet.

07/12/16 21:53

The new design can be embedded into the aircraft's wings. It could boost fuel efficiency by up to 8%, and reduce drag and weight, NASA said.

07/12/16 20:06

According to Brice Cassenti, an engineering professor at UConn, there’s a ‘slim’ probability that the results will hold up in further investigation, though he also notes that ‘it’s not zero.’

06/12/16 21:53

Nasa scientists celebrated at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California as Cassini crossed through the plane of Saturn's rings yesterday at 13:09 GMT (08:09 EST).

06/12/16 18:09

Students at the Rhode Island School of Design have come up with a new, adjustable suit that closely resembles an actual space suit, and NASA plans to use it for its Hawaii simulation missions.

06/12/16 07:34

The bold hypothesis is based in images which are claimed to originate from Washington-based Nasa that show a small dot nearby the sun, apparently connected by a faint line.

05/12/16 17:10

New images from Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope shows a galaxy sprouting tentacles of gas and dust. University of Cambridge astronomers say it offers new insight into the phenomenon.

05/12/16 10:03

Plans to restore the NASA mission control room that served as the nerve center for the Apollo missions remain in limbo with no set date for work to begin.

04/12/16 03:05

A picture taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the sun with a grin on its face. If you tilt your head to the left, two eyes, a nose, a mouth and cheekbones can be seen.

03/12/16 00:04

NASA's AIM spacecraft has spotted ‘night-shining’ clouds forming 50 miles above Earth’s surface glowing over Antarctica earlier than usual. These clouds are composed of ice crystals.

02/12/16 08:37

The video, taken by the Iris camera aboard the International Space Station, provides a distant look at life behind the city walls, with sparse traffic and even pedestrians visible in the clips.

02/12/16 01:04

When Octavia Spencer was asked to be in a film about black women who worked as ‘colored’ computers on the early NASA flights, she thought it was fiction, writes Baz Bamigboye.

01/12/16 17:57

Russian flight controllers were assessing whether a cargo ship that blasted off on Thursday with more than 2-1/2 tons of food and supplies for the International Space Station reached its intended orbit.

01/12/16 12:38

The designs from the Washington-based agency have been inspired from everything from Star Wars to the Matrix, featuring astronauts taking on the role of Jedi Knights and wizards.

01/12/16 11:30

On Tuesday, Cassini got a gravitational assist from Saturn's moon Titan. This put the spacecraft, operated by Washington-based Nasa, on course to graze Saturn's main outer rings over the next five months.

30/11/16 01:41

The United Family of Anomaly Hunters, a group of UFO hunters based around the world, presented the evidence of 'walled cities' near Mars' equator, at Elysium Planitia, in a YouTube video.

29/11/16 08:36

Images captured by Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory from Nov 14-18 reveal just a handful of barely-visible spots on the surface of the sun, which is otherwise as blank as a cue ball.

25/11/16 11:47

The crew of six celebrated Thanksgiving with a special 'spacegiving feast' of rehydrated foods, on board the International Space Station, which orbits about 255 miles (410km) above Earth.

25/11/16 07:58

Margaret Hamilton wrote the code for the Apollo 11 guidance software, which the critic claimed Neil Armstrong had to deactivate before the historical landing in 1969.

25/11/16 02:38

'We see NASA in an exploration role, in deep space research,' a Trump adviser said. 'Earth-centric science is better placed at other agencies where it is their prime mission.'

24/11/16 10:51

IceBridge, a project Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, is currently flying a set of 12-hour research flights over West Antarctica, including land and sea ice.

24/11/16 10:11

Nasa says the suit design must be capable of keeping crew members alive for more than 144 hours, effectively dealing with their solid and liquid waste. The contest is open for global entries.

24/11/16 02:12

In efforts to understand how fire behaves in space, NASA set nine material swatches ablaze on the Cygnus cargo ship. The agency has now revealed footage from the Saffire-II experiment.

23/11/16 09:29

Images from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , based in Maryland, show how the next generation of weather satellites will track meteorological changes.

23/11/16 02:00

NASA's food scientists are working to develop high-calorie products that will taste good and help the astronauts keep a healthy weight. Replacing a meal with bars will help to reduce mass on Orion.

22/11/16 23:03

A team of geoscientists from Arizona State University found that silica deposits from a region on Mars known as 'Home Plate' closely resemble those that form in Chilean hot springs at El Tatio.

22/11/16 22:54

A Facebook user from Mexico shared the images claiming the sun 'reacted' to the object. Others said it was a wormhole. But Alex Young, a Nasa scientist offered a simple explanation.

22/11/16 20:37

OSIRIS-REx is the first US mission designed to return a piece of an asteroid to Earth. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, and will take two years to reach the asteroid.

21/11/16 21:33

The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States could herald the return of American astronauts to the surface of the Moon, space experts and observers say.

21/11/16 20:50

The radical concept of a fuel-free ‘impossible’ engine has now gained far more credibility. Now, the findings from NASA's Eagleworks Laboratories have officially been peer-reviewed and published.

21/11/16 20:42

Facebook user Pamela Jonhson, who lives in Mexico, shared the images from a link to Nasa's website, but she claims it is nothing to be alarmed by.

21/11/16 14:58

Members of the US space community believe Mr Trump’s victory could lead to the resurrection of space agency Nasa’s lunar programme, which has not put a man on the Moon since 1972.

19/11/16 15:10

Peggy Whitson, 56, and the crew lifted off from the Russia-leased launch facility in Kazakhstan at 3.20pm (EST) Thursday and went into orbit eight minutes later.

18/11/16 21:25

The brightest area on Ceres can be seen standing out from within its shadowy, cratered terrain in a dramatic new view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

18/11/16 18:11

One Alien hunter claims to have spotted a shrine for the King of Mars on the red planet. Found in an image from the Curiosity rover, the face appears to be of an old man with a beard and crown on his head.

18/11/16 16:35

A fast-moving object spotted flying by the International Space Station moments before its livestream went dead has conspiracy theorists claiming NASA is covering up proof of a UFO.

17/11/16 18:23

The vast valley is more than 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) long, larger than North America's Grand Canyon and wider and deeper than the Great Rift Valley in East Africa.

16/11/16 21:15

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will be 56 when she rockets off the planet Thursday. She'll celebrate her 57th birthday in February on the International Space Station.

16/11/16 18:01

The amulet was discovered in Mehragarh, Pakistan and analysed as part of a recent study by researchers from the Ipanema research centre near Paris, France.

15/11/16 23:07

The breathtaking view captures the sediments on the floor of a canyon near a feature known as Syrtis Major, and provides a glimpse at the history of the landscape, according to NASA.

15/11/16 21:52

AT&T has revealed it is collaborating with NASA to develop an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management solution, which it hopes would reduce the threat of cyberattacks.

15/11/16 20:36

Last week, a leaked NASA paper appeared to show that scientists had created a working EmDrive. Experts now say they 'may be something,' but with an explanation that follows the laws of physics.

15/11/16 10:48

Home Secretary Amber Rudd has signed an order for the extradition of Lauri Love, 31, from Suffolk, to the US where he is accused of computer hacking offences, the Home Office has said.

14/11/16 19:54

This stunning new image reveals the massive hexagonal storm at Saturn's North Pole, and its gigantic rings.

12/11/16 02:43

As a performer she is beyond stratospheric. So it was only fitting Adele nabbed herself a private tour of NASA headquarters.The singer was treated to a behind-the-scenes look

11/11/16 20:38

Experts say the alternatives - Soyuz capsules and even SpaceX and Boeing's capsules, would simply be too challenging for sick spacemen.

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