Nasa releases stunning new pic of Milky Way's 'downtown'
Composite pic depicts billions of stars and countless black holes in heart of Milky Way.
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Virgin Galactic forges toward tourist flights to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere.
China 'wins gamble' with rocket debris strike
Uncontrolled re-entry of high-speed spacecraft parts criticised as 'reckless' and 'lazy'.
Nasa chief big on climate, diversity, hedges on moon date
As well as reaching for the stars, Bill Nelson wants to diversify the Nasa workforce.
Nasa's Mars helicopter blades heard humming on red planet
Nasa is sharing the sound of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.
Force of nature that sunk missing sub
Internal wave believed to have dragged submarine deep into Balinese waters.
Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival
Although SpaceX's third crew flight for Nasa, it was the first to use a recycled vehicle.
Nasa's Mars helicopter takes flight, first for another planet
The triumph was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment.
Note to future space travellers: Prepare for a shrinking heart
New York Times: After almost a year in space, Scott Kelly's heart diminished.
Nasa gives all clear: Earth safe from asteroid for next 100 years
New telescope observations have ruled out any chance of Apophis smacking Earth.
Nasa sent a secret message to Mars. Meet the people who decoded it
New York Times: Engineers hinted at a code. Within hours, puzzle enthusiasts cracked it.
Watch: Video shows Mars rover land, captures first audio from the Red Planet
"It was stunning, and the team was awestruck."
'Touchdown confirmed!' Nasa rover lands on Mars, sends back first images
Watch Nasa's rover make its treacherous landing on the Red Planet.
Jeff Tallon: ET hype defies objectivity
Opinion: Overstatement of 'life out there' claims should sound alarm bells.
Life on Venus? The picture gets cloudier
New York Times: Researchers who detected unusual gas in the atmosphere stand by findings.
US and UAE follow closely as China receives its first Mars image
Mars is about to be at centre of an extraordinary confluence of interplanetary missions.
'Never forgotten': 35 years since Challenger disaster
Families of fallen astronauts have marked the 35th anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
First woman, next man on moon will come from these Nasa 18
NASA has named the 18 astronauts who will train for its Artemis moon-landing programme.
Space race: 140 Kiwi businesses chasing a trillion-dollar opportunity
New Zealand's space race is far bigger than Rocket Lab, writes Kevin Jenkins.
Home sweet home in orbit
New York Times: A visual tour of the ISS, humanity's high-tech home in the sky.
How the Space Station became a base to launch humanity's future
New York Times: Outpost in orbit seen as a linchpin for future economic activity in space.
No space! Asteroid samples falling out of Nasa spacecraft
Osiris-Rex spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble that it's jammed open.
'Kissing the surface': US spacecraft swoops on asteroid
The Osiris-Rex spacecraft dropped out of orbit around asteroid Bennu.
Nokia plans to set up 4G network on the moon
Communications system to be on the lunar surface by late 2022.
Red planet; Mars to come closest to Earth's orbit
Scientist and astronomer Duncan Steel said Mars will be hard to miss in the night sky.
Missions to Venus: Highlights from history, and when we may go back
New York Times: Venus has been overlooked in recent decades.
The blast that rocked America
Lessons from a disaster: what the Challenger catastrophe meant for America
Astronomers find hints of life on Venus
Bizarre microbes may exist in the clouds over the planet described as 'Earth's evil twin'.
'Mighty mice stay ripped in space
They held onto their muscle during a month-long stay at the International Space Station.
'On our way to Mars': Nasa rover successfully lifts off
The Perseverance has lifted off from Cape Canaveral and is on its way to Mars.
Mission to Mars ready to blast off in Florida
NASA's most elaborate life-hunting rover is on the verge of lift off in Florida.
How Nasa found the ideal hole on Mars to land in
New York Times: Crater is a promising place to look for evidence of extinct Martian life.
Space cadets: Rocket Lab launches apprenticeship programme
Founder wants to help train New Zealand's "lost generation".