#Space
'I can’t believe we pulled this off': Nasa craft lands on asteroid to collect rubble as part of rare space mission
Only Japan has previously collected asteroid samples.
QUIZ: How much do you know about the planet Venus?
Scientists made a new discovery in the clouds of Venus recently…
Detection of phosphine in Venus’ clouds ‘indicates potential for life’
The gas has been detected in the atmosphere of Venus, suggesting the planet could host unknown photochemical or geochemical processes.
The best meteor shower of the year will be visible this week
There will be 20 times more shooting stars than a normal night on Tuesday and Wednesday.
NASA launches latest rover mission to search for life on Mars
The rocket took off in California despite a 4.2 magnitude earthquake.
Quiz: How much do you know about comets?
Test your knowledge here.
Russia accused of firing anti-satellite weapon in space
US Space Command said it has evidence that Moscow carried out the test on 15 July.
China launches first Mars rover mission in space race with US
The Chinese mission is named Tianwen-1.
Bad weather delays launch as UAE races China and US to Mars
Earth and Mars are unusually close at the moment, a mere hop of 55 million kilometres.
WATCH: SpaceX launches dozens of satellites in Starlink mission
A new batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites and three Earth-observation satellites were launched.
SpaceX launch of Nasa astronauts postponed due to bad weather
The launch will be attempted again on Saturday.
'A major milestone': Nasa and SpaceX set to send astronauts to the ISS tomorrow
If all goes as planned, the mission will see SpaceX become the first private company to send astronauts into space.
Boeing spacecraft returns to earth after aborted space mission
The two-day demo was originally due to last for over a week.
Donald Trump officially launches military 'Space Force'
It will initially have about 200 people and a first-year budget of $40 million.
Boeing's Starliner capsule not in proper orbit after blast off from Cape Canaveral
It’s a huge moment for US spaceflight which is now dependant on private companies.
Scientists have found a black hole so massive it 'should not exist in our galaxy'
The black hole is twice as big as scientists believed possible.
Special delivery containing an oven for baking cookies and sports car parts sent to space station
The space station is currently home to three Americans, two Russians and one Italian.
'Green ball of fire' - A stunning green fireball lit up the Irish sky last night
The brightest of the fireballs was at about 6.54 pm last night.
Nasa astronauts make history as they begin first ever all-female spacewalk
There have been 227 spacewalkers since the first spacewalk in 1965 and all of them have included a male.
Donald Trump launches new military centre to protect 'America's dominance in space'
US military chiefs claim the move is necessary to defend the country’s ‘way of life’.
A humanoid robot has joined the crew of the International Space Station
Fedor copies human movements and can help astronauts carry out tasks remotely.
NASA reportedly investigating first allegation of a crime in space
NASA astronaut Anne McClain has admitted to accessing her ex-partner’s bank account from the International Space Station.
Analysis: Ireland's clever kicking shows Schmidt is keen for more variety
The Irish scrum-halves didn’t kick a single time during the win over Italy.
The Irish For: An astronaut is a star-sailor, a comet is a paintbrush star
The calling to travel beyond the Earth owes itself to mythology as well as science, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
NASA to open International Space Station to tourists from 2020
Private astronauts may soon be able to visit the ISS for $35,000 a night.
Nasa Mars lander picks up what's likely first detected 'Marsquake'
Nasa has said the new seismic event was too small to provide solid data on the Martian interior.
Meet Katie Bouman, the MIT computer scientist who made the black hole image possible
Bouman has herself became an internet celebrity after yesterday’s picture.
This is the first ever image of a black hole, located in a galaxy 53 million light years away
“It’s like trying to photograph a golf ball on the Moon.”
Japan probe lands 300 million km away in hunt for clues to origin of life
Meanwhile, Israel began a mission to make its first Moon landing.
After roving on Mars for 15 years and sending back 217,594 images, Opportunity is now dead
The rover has been out of contact since a dust storm on the Red Planet.
That plan to make a colony on Mars and film it for reality TV has gone bust
The company is in the red, as it were.
Discovery of 'repeating' radio waves from deep space baffles astronomers
The waves were discovered by Canadian scientists, who cannot explain their origin.
Chinese spacecraft makes first landing on moon's far side
China plans to send its Chang’e 5 probe to the moon next year.
A meteor shower peaking tonight rings in the start of a busy year for stargazing
A supermoon later this month is the first of three in a row.
Celebrations as NASA spacecraft successfully passes by oldest cosmic body ever studied
The cosmic object – known as Ultima Thule – is about the size of the US capital, Washington, and orbits in the Kuiper Belt about a billion miles beyond Pluto.
Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft closing in on most distant world ever studied
The spacecraft’s closest approach to the cosmic object, known as Ultima Thule, comes 1 January at 5.33am.
Saturn is losing its rings at the 'worst-case scenario' rate
The rings are being pulled into Saturn by gravity as a dusty rain of ice particles under the influence of Saturn’s magnetic field.
Virgin Galactic reaches space for first time
“This is a momentous day and I could not be more proud of our teams,” Richard Branson said.
Nasa's Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space 41 years after launch
Voyager 2 is now more than 18 billion kilometres from Earth.
Here are the first photos of Mars from the InSight explorer
A lovely sight this grim morning.
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