NASA lost contact with its Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics (ASTERIA), a briefcase-sized spacecraft designed to study planets outside our solar system.

Devastating bushfires burning across Australia have generated massive clouds of smoke that can be seen from outer space. 

Smoke from Australia's bushfires has drifted 2,000km across the Tasman Sea, shrouding New Zealand .

The breakthrough discovery was announced during the annual American Astronomical Society meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The space agency released two satellite images of the South Australian island highlighting the horrific damage the bushfires have caused to the environment.

You'd be forgiven for thinking these stunning landscape shots are evidence of life on Mars or another Moon landing - with its rocky terrain, Lanzarote is reminiscent of another planet.

Plant life is expanding in the area around Mount Everest and across the Himalayan region, according to a British study that observed satellite data over 25 years.

Astronomers have used vibrations from an ancient star in the Milky Way that is viewable in Australia to deduce how long ago a massive collision event took place with another galaxy.

A team of researchers from UCLA and NASA's JPL have detected the smallest quantities of dark matter ever, slow moving 'clumps' near quasars identified with new data from the Hubble.

On Wednesday, US space agency NASA revealed that it will be months before bushfire smoke clears since plumes are sitting so high the atmosphere.

California man Jonny Kim, 35, went from a Navy SEAL to Harvard medical doctor to NASA Astronaut, after graduating from training this month.

Stott, 57, is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. She partnered with Olay for its #MakeSpaceForWomen campaign.

The role that design will play in humanity's journey to the Red Planet is explored in an exhibition running at the Design Museum in London until 23 February 2020, entitled 'Moving to Mars'.

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles used satellite data to show that storms form when solar winds interact with the Earth's magnetic field.

China successfully landed the first mission to the far side of the moon on January 4, 2019 and the lander and its rover Yutu-2 continue to send back data and images to Earth.

The NASA images, taken six months apart, capture the landscape between Seal Rocks and Byron Bay on the New South Wales north coast.

Laura Tobin broke down in tears on Good Morning Britain on Friday as she fulfilled her 'childhood dream' by visiting NASA.

Researchers at the University of Chicago used data from the Spitzer telescope to examine the planet, called KELT-9b, and find out just how inhospitable it is.

In images that surfaced online the rover's journey through Mars' landscape is laid bare. One the left is an image taken shortly after Curiosity landed on Mars while the right shows a snapshot from October.

NASA has revealed that it has partnered with a Houston-based startup called Axiom Space to send the first commercial space station into low orbit for a new generation of space tourists.

After more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light since its launch in 2003, NASA has switched off the Spitzer Space Telescope, bringing its mission to an end.

A 'beating heart' of frozen nitrogen on the surface of Pluto controls the dwarf planet's winds and may give rise to features on its surface, according to a new study using NASA data.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars 2020 rover is heading to the Red Planet armed with a high-powered laser that can vaporize rocks from up to 20 feet away to search for life.

SETI scientists are sure aliens have placed a beacon in the center of the galaxy and are building a system that 'piggyback' off VLA telescope in New Mexico to detect the device's signatures.

Each of the asteroids flagged by a computer algorithm at Leiden University are more than 328 feet wide and will pass close between the Earth and the moon between the years 2131 and 2923.

NASA's Juno reveals the first accurate estimate of the total amount of water in Jupiter's atmosphere. Water makes up around 0.25% of the molecules in the planet's atmosphere at its equator.

NASA captured a stunning image of what was once Lake Mega Chad 7,000 years ago. It stretched 150,000 square miles across the Sahara and would have been the largest on Earth today.

NASA has announced a new project to study the effects of rising sea levels on the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana, which has had more than 5,000 square miles of land go underwater.

These families spent thousands on the luxury technology that comes complete with temperature zones, air purification and shelves that can be adjusted electronically to create more space.

NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey spotted a temporarily captured asteroid that has been orbiting Earth for three years and has announced it is now our planet's new mini-moon.

Using the High-Resolution Camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), scientists have brought the sand dunes on Mars to life in order to understand what conditions impact them.

Astronomers have released the first colorful image of Earth's mini-moon that was spotted Feb 15. However, the lead expert says the asteroid may actually be human-made debris.

NASA and the European Space Agency have used pollution monitoring satellites to track the decrease in nitrogen dioxide levels over the past two months during the coronavirus outbreak.

While observing an asteroid using NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, students spotted a new flaring black hole in the constellation Columba that has been named MAXI J0637-430.

An asteroid half the size of Mount Everest is heading towards Earth next month, but scientists say it is not expected to collide with us. The object is one to 2.5 miles wide and will pass within 3,908,791 miles.

NASA shared a high-resolution panorama of 'Glen Torridon' on Mars that is comprised of over 1,000 images and contains 1.8 billion pixels. The images were taken from Nov. 24-Dec.1.

NASA says the lettuce was served by astronauts with oil and vinegar dressing and the space leaves were a wild success, described as 'awesome' by the crew who ate them.

A group of university researchers have partnered with NASA to build the technology for a self-sustaining, zero-waste human settlement on Mars, mostly running on recycled materials.

NASA shared an image of the Philippines two months after its Taal Volcano erupted -revealing an ash damaged landscape. The area was once a tropical oasis, but now looks more like the moon.

With at least 164 countries battle coronavirus, NASA experts say the ISS is the safest place because of the agency's health stabilization program that ensures the crew is not infected before they board.

In Antarctica, meanwhile, ice has continued to melt from both the Amundsen Sea Embayment and the Antarctic Peninsula, satellite gravity measurements have revealed.

In his new YouTube video, Mark Rober, 40, sprinkled Glo Germ powder on a third-grade teacher and one of her students to show how germs can spread.

Appearing on GMB via video link from his home in Houston, Scott Kelly - who spent 520 days on the International Space Station - said that routine is essential while families are on lockdown.

It will be the first manned X-plane produced by NASA in two decades and is designed to help develop standards for future all-electric aircraft.

NASA analyzing data from the Voyager 2's 1986 visit to Uranus and found the magnetic bubble surrounding the planet is allowing bits of its atmosphere to leak into space.

Researchers from the University of Tokyo discovered the single-celled organisms after spending a decade studying rocks found in the South Pacific Ocean in 2010.

Nasa's Earth Observatory has opened up an archive of pictures of Earth taken from space and is asking the public to vote for the winner in a knock-out-style competition.

NASA has released a detailed plan for an 'Artemis Base Camp' that will be home to first woman and next man on the moon in 2024, which will help the crew prepare for the journey to Mars.

Summer Worden is accused of falsely filing complaints against astronaut Anne McClain on two occasions, according to federal authorities.

Funding for the project has come from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Programme, designed to support potentially game changing projects.