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NASA's newest planet-hunting telescope just discovered a 'super-Earth' and 2 'sub-Neptunes' less than 75 light-years away - among the closest exoplanets ever found
The new worlds also exhibit a unique mathematical quality that researchers don't fully understand y…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Elon Musk laughs at a meme about Jeff Bezos' upcoming space flight, making fun of him for only touching the edge of space
Elon Musk commented "haha" on a meme poking fun at the space flight of Jeff Bezos, whose Blue Origi…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
Vikram-S marks "The Beginning" of private venture in Indian space programme with maiden success
India on Friday successfully placed three satellites into orbit on a rocket completely developed by…
Scientists found accessible ice sheets on Mars, and it could be a 'game-changer' for colonizing the planet
The exposed portions of ice are located at mid-latitudes, where the temperatures are a bit balmier …
Jeremy Berke
A major SpaceX explosion seems to have just destroyed Facebook's first-ever satellite
AMOS-6, a project of Facebook's Internet.org program, was built to deliver internet to the developi…
Rafi Letzter
Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin may soon be rocketing NASA scientists to the edge of space
NASA's push to privatize space travel has the agency seeking companies that can rocket its scientis…
Dave Mosher
How Facebook's internet beaming satellite will work
"The Amos-6 satellite is under construction now and will launch in 2016 into a geostationary orbit …
Danielle Muoio
ISRO gears up for 'extremely challenging' experiment of controlled reentry of aged satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for an "extremely challenging" experime…
PTI
Jeff Bezos wants to move 'all polluting industry' into space to keep Earth clean
The Amazon billionaire said in an interview with MSNBC that his Blue Origin sub-orbital spaceflight…
Natalie Musumeci
How SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic plan on taking you to space
Virgin Galactic also aims to make commercial space travel accessible. But the vehicle it's using lo…
Alyssa Pagano
A South African pilot who trained with NASA and was set to become the first black African in space died in a motorbike crash
Mandla Maseko, an officer in South Africa's air force and one of 23 people given the chance to visi…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
Private sector participation in space sector gaining momentum as more players get onboard
With more startups getting on board, private sector participation in India's space sector will get …
PTI
India set to witness its SpaceX moment soon, says Agnikul CEO
"This will, in turn, help us with reduced capital expenditure and expedited testing," he said.…
India likely to launch its 'eye in the sky' satellite GISAT-1 on March 28 to monitor borders and natural disasters
The rocket will place the spacecraft in a geosynchronous orbit. It will be subsequently positi…
PTI
A secretive, experimental Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth after 8 months. It's still a mystery what it was up to.
China's secret unmanned spacecraft returns to Earth after an eight-month mission, raising questions…