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ESA signs deal to make a spacecraft to deflect asteroid heading for Earth

ESA signed a deal worth 129 million euros to make a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth

A new spacecraft is journeying to the Sun

A new spacecraft is journeying to the Sun to snap the first pictures of the Sun’s north and south poles

Going underground … to prepare for outer space

"Living in a cave is very similar to living in space, mentally. Actually, I thought it was much harder than living in space," 43-year-old Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi told AFP.

What if an asteroid was about to hit Earth? Scientists ponder question

Here's a hypothetical: a telescope detects an asteroid between 100 and 300 meters in diameter racing through our solar system at 14 kilometers per...

Here is the first ever image of a black hole

Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87.

What are black holes, how do we know they exist!

Astronomers are poised Wednesday to unveil the first direct image of a black hole and the surrounding whirlwind of white-hot gas and plasma inexorably drawn by gravity into its ravenous maw

New 3-D map of Milky Way will ‘revolutionise astronomy’

Europe's Gaia satellite has produced a "stunning" 3-D map, published, of more than a billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy, complete with their distance from Earth, their colour, and their motion through space.

Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESA

ADELAIDE: Setting up a permanent village on the moon is the first step towards exploring Mars, the European Space Agency said Thursday as plans...

Asteroid to shave past Earth on Oct 12: ESA

PARIS: A house-sized asteroid will shave past our planet on October 12, far inside the Moon's orbit but without posing any threat, astronomers said...

WATCH: How astronauts wash hands and brush teeth in space

Ever wonder how astronauts at space stations go about their daily lives? there in space, in zero gravity? Chris Hadfield from Canadian Space Agency once...

Europe’s own satnav Galileo goes live to rival GPS

BRUSSELS: After 17 years, numerous setbacks and three times over budget, Europe's Galileo satnav system went live Thursday, promising to outperform rivals and guarantee...

36 years ago: British policeman Godfrey was ‘abducted by aliens’

About 36 years ago today,  a British policeman was reportedly abducted by aliens through an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)  and had eye witnesses who...

Computer glitch blamed for Schiaparelli crash on Mars

PARIS: A tiny lander that crashed on Mars last month flew into the Red Planet at 540 kilometres (335 miles) per hour instead of gently...

Are you ready to travel to space using balloons? it is affordable

After a string of high-profile setbacks for rocket programmes aimed at one day flying paying customers into space, a Spanish tech firm plans to...

ESA’s Schiaparelli probe destroyed after plunging to surface

FRANKFURT: Images taken by a NASA Mars orbiter indicate that a missing European space probe was destroyed on impact after plummeting to the surface...

Europe’s Schiaparelli Mars lander: What do we know?

Scientists and engineers were piecing together clues "Schiaparelli" Mars lander, which fell silent just seconds before its scheduled touchdown on the Red Planet.

Robot explorers all set for Mars quest: ESA

PARIS: Europe will send a tiny lander on a scorching, supersonic tumble to Mars as part of an ambitious quest with Russia to find...

Europe set for launch of "space plane" prototype

PARIS: Engineers were preparing for the launch Wednesday of a "space plane" that Europe hopes will help it master a key phase in orbital flight -- the ability to return to Earth.
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