January 27, 2020 'Vampire' star spotted by NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope Scientists have used data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope to discover a “vampire” star “sucking” the life out of another star.
January 19, 2020 SpaceX launches, purposefully destroys rocket in critical astronaut escape test SpaceX has intentionally destroyed one of its rockets in an unmanned emergency escape test to prove it can keep the capsule’s astronauts safe in a crisis – its last major barrier before launching manned flights into space.
January 6, 2020 In a first, space station astronaut’s blood clot treated by doctors on Earth Scientists have described how, for the first time, a space station astronaut’s blood clot was successfully treated by doctors more than 200 miles away on Earth.
January 6, 2020 NASA loses contact with satellite searching for distant planets 2020 may be a big year for NASA with a number of upcoming projects, but the year is off to a rocky start for the space agency, as it announced it lost contact with the ASTERIA satellite, a small spacecraft that's designed to look for planets outside the Solar System.
December 30, 2019 NASA image reveals 'otherworldly' moonrise over frozen Canada A NASA astronaut snapped a stunning photograph of the full moon rising over frozen Hudson Bay in northern Canada.
December 22, 2019 Boeing's Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth, lands in New Mexico after failed mission Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft landed in the New Mexico desert on Sunday morning — days after the NASA mission failed because the capsule's clock was improperly set, and the capsule ended up in the wrong orbit.
December 20, 2019 Boeing Starliner fails mission, won't reach ISS after launch debut Boeing's new Starliner capsule failed its initial flight, running off course just a few minutes after it rocketed off Friday morning, running into trouble.
December 18, 2019 Black holes, interstellar objects, Mars discoveries and moon landing attempts: Top space stories of 2019 From the first-ever image of a black hole to Navy UFO footage, the Apollo 11 anniversary and the latest attempts to land on the moon, 2019 has been a busy year in space.
December 17, 2019 NASA reveals Mars water ice 'treasure map' NASA has revealed a fascinating “treasure map” of where water ice may be found just below the surface of Mars.
December 12, 2019 NASA picks site on asteroid Bennu where it will grab space rock sample ‘X’ marks the spot as NASA prepares for a historic asteroid mission.
