Amazing story of a 17th-century Moon mission
A mission to the Moon was being designed by an Oxford scholar way back in the 17th Century.
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Rocky Earth-sized planet found circling nearest star
A team of astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet orbiting the nearest star to the Sun.
Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura boldly goes to see deep space
Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols came back to Earth yesterday after a flight to see the Final Frontier aboard a NASA observatory.
Pluto team name features after Star Wars, Doctor Who and Star Trek
NASA’S New Horizons team have named newly discovered landmarks on Pluto’s largest moon in honour of scifi shows including Doctor Who and Star Trek.
Rosetta metalhead Matt picks up Golden Gods award
Rosetta mission chief scientist Matt Taylor enjoyed a second celebration, picking up a rock award, after the probe’s lander Philae called home at last after a seven-month sleep on the surface of Comet 67P.
New Earth-sized planet could host alien life
Planet-hunters have made a major breakthrough by discovering the first Earth-sized rocky world that lies in its home star’s habitable zone.
NASA finds Mars lake could have been teeming with life
NASA scientists have identified the site of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars that could once have been home to alien life.
Cassini’s stunning view of Saturn on day Earth waved
NASA has unveiled a stunning photo of ringed planet Saturn with distant Earth, Mars and Venus in the same shot.
Astronomers left baffled by an ‘impossible’ planet
A newly-discovered, Earth-like planet has left astronomers baffled because they don’t understand how it can possibly exist.
Queen’s Brian May makes new study of dust in space
Queen musician Brian May has helped produce a new scientific paper about the distribution of dust between the planets.
The remarkable girl who named Pluto
Around this time last year I was planning a trip to New Zealand and celebrating publication of my new book … Continue reading
Doctor Who and the star of doom
A space scientist is today announcing a major cosmic discovery by telling it as a Doctor Who story. Astronomer Dr … Continue reading
