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Rocket company offers $95,000 trips to space
22:49 02 December 2008 | 2 comments
XCOR Aerospace says it will sell tickets on its suborbital spaceship for less than half the price of Virgin Galactic
Has an alien comet infiltrated the solar system?
20:02 02 December 2008 | 21 comments
The peculiar composition of Comet Machholz 1 hints that it may be an interloper from another star system
Meteorite hunters hit pay dirt in Canadian prairie
18:33 02 December 2008 | 6 comments
Search teams have found dozens of pieces of a 10-tonne space rock that exploded over central Canada less than two weeks ago
Big bang's afterglow may reveal birthplace of comets
00:01 02 December 2008 | 8 comments
A shell of icy bodies called the Oort Cloud is too far away to see – but its signature may be hidden in remnant radiation from the big bang
Rare celestial trio dazzles sky watchers
20:00 01 December 2008 | 23 comments
On Monday, Venus, Jupiter and the Moon form a tight triangle on the sky - the Sun's glare blocks most such 'conjunctions'
Space shuttle lands safely in California
18:59 30 November 2008 | 4 comments
The shuttle Endeavour touched down in California after thunderstorms and high winds prevented a landing in Florida
Did lack of comet impacts help life evolve?
THIS WEEK: 17:52 28 November 2008 | 23 comments
The debris left over by comet collisions across nearby solar systems shows that ours is the least battered, possibly explaining why life developed on Earth
NASA may struggle to afford new space missions
UPFRONT: 17:50 28 November 2008 | 11 comments
Plans for flagship scientific missions to be launched with the next generation of spacecraft may be unrealistic if the agency can't get a grip on its cash
Hopes high for science-friendly approach in US politics
UPFRONT: 10:43 28 November 2008 | 3 comments
Key appointments made in Congress and on Barack Obama's economic team look like good news for science and the environment
Indian Moon probe feels the heat
12:52 27 November 2008 | 7 comments
Chandrayaan is taking it easy after being caught in a hot spot between Sun and Moon, but no damage is reported
Supersonic water jets shoot from Saturn moon
19:59 26 November 2008 | 16 comments
High-speed jets of water vapour were found within a wider ice and gas plume spewing from Enceladus
Europe charts €10 billion course for space exploration
17:09 26 November 2008
The European Space Agency's 18 member nations have hammered out a plan for space missions over the next few years
Europe tackles space ambitions amid financial crisis
21:04 25 November 2008 | 4 comments
On Wednesday, science ministers from the European Space Agency's member nations will announce the agency's space plans
Solar-powered probe to view unseen parts of Jupiter
18:01 25 November 2008 | 4 comments
A spacecraft called Juno will be the first to orbit the giant planet's poles – it will launch in 2011
Space station urine recycler may be fixed
16:00 25 November 2008 | 2 comments
NASA appears to have resolved problems with a new urine recycling system on the International Space Station
Why the universe may be teeming with aliens
Hunting for a planet that can support life? There's more to it than looking for Earth's distant twin, says David Shiga
'Interplanetary internet' passes first test
Images were sent between a NASA probe and Earth in the first test of an internet-like data transmission system for space
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The most extreme life-forms in the universe
These creatures set records for surviving in the most inhospitable environments on Earth - their existence bodes well for finding extraterrestrial life
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Moving the Earth: a planetary survival guide
The Sun is slowly heating up, and in a billion years the oceans will begin to evaporate - moving the Earth is our only hope for survival
