Nasa’s Dart spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed early on Tuesday in the world’s first test of a planetary defence system.
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Citing a stubborn fuel leak, the space agency said the debut mission of its moon-to-Mars Artemis programme will be delayed by at least several weeks.
SpaceX will launch five more astronaut missions to the International Space Station for Nasa at the end of the decade under a $1.4-billion contract.
Nasa’s colossal next-generation rocket ship was set for its long-awaited debut launch on Monday on an uncrewed, six-week test flight around the moon and back.
Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of the largest planet in the solar system.
Atomic clocks and precise astronomical measurements have revealed that the length of a day is suddenly getting longer, and scientists don’t know why.
Researchers have found that decay of tissues after death can be halted and cell functions restored based on early experiments in pig.
The global push to develop lab-grown meat is taking an exotic twist in South Africa, where slaughter-free cuts of springbok, wildebeest and impala could soon be on the menu.
Nasa officials gathered on Tuesday to unveil more of their initial showcase from the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful orbital observatory ever launched.
A booster rocket developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX for its next-generation Starship spacecraft burst into flames during a ground-test firing on Monday.