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The cost for scattering one's ashes in space is £795 and upwards. (Representational Image)

British company launches service to scatter ashes in space

Person’s remains are carried 22 miles up to be released into high-altitude winds of stratosphere before emptied canister returns to Earth.

09 Oct 2017 11:17 AM

Details, such as how much the new ideas will cost, were scant and outside experts said they've heard grandiose plans before only to see them fizzle instead of launch.

Pence pledges that US will go to the Moon, Mars and beyond

Space industry leaders say they and NASA are building the spaceships to get there.

07 Oct 2017 9:37 AM

The successor to the famed Hubble Space Telescope, Webb will now launch between March and June 2019 from French Guiana

NASA delays launch of James Webb Space Telescope to 2019

The 6.5-metre diameter infrared-optimised telescope is designed to study an extremely wide range of astrophysical phenomena.

30 Sep 2017 9:14 AM

Musk said if you build a ship capable of going to the moon and Mars, why not use it for high-speed transport here at home.

SpaceX: Rocket for moon, Mars and NY-to-Shanghai in 39 mins

A seat should cost about the same as a full-fare economy plane ticket, he noted later via Instagram.

30 Sep 2017 9:02 AM

Lockheed Martin is among several companies working on deep space habitats with NASA, which hopes to send the first astronauts to Mars in the 2030s.

This Mars lander will allow humans to explore the Red Planet

NASA is planning missions into the space between Earth and the Moon for the next decade to prepare for trips to Mars.

29 Sep 2017 11:38 AM

The last picture comet Probe Rosetta sent to Earth

The image of a one-square-metre section of comet presumed to be Rosetta's boulder-strewn, was taken from a distance of about 20 metres.

29 Sep 2017 8:48 AM

The newly produced spinning black hole has about 53 times the mass of our sun, which means that about 3 solar masses were converted into gravitational-wave energy during the merger.

Scientists detect fourth gravitational wave

It is the first joint detection of gravitational waves with the Virgo and LIGO collaborations.

28 Sep 2017 3:05 PM

Cosmic rays striking Earth come from outside Milky Way: study

Fifty years ago, scientists discovered that the Earth is occasionally hit by cosmic rays of enormous energies.

24 Sep 2017 9:25 AM

Milky Way different from most galaxies: study

These smaller galaxies orbit around the Milky Way and are useful in understanding the Milky Way itself.

22 Sep 2017 10:43 AM

An asteroid that exploded in the atmosphere over Siberia in 2013 injured some 1,600 people. (Photo: AFP)

Europe urged to reconsider pullout from 'Armageddon' asteroid mission

The test mission is crucial if we are to develop the capacity to protect our planet from incoming projectiles.

22 Sep 2017 8:30 AM

When NASA was looking for a new class of astronauts, only 12 were selected from a whopping 18,300 applicants.

Want a job at NASA? Read this first

The starting pay is pretty good, but the jobs are pretty hard to get, tough to keep.

18 Sep 2017 11:39 AM

The space agency hopes to send humans to the red planet by the 2030s.

NASA space psychology subjects ending 8 months of isolation

The crew of four men and two women were quarantined on a vast plain below the summit of the world's largest active volcano in January.

17 Sep 2017 8:54 AM

Mars research subjects to emerge after 8 months of isolation

Their first order of business after subsisting on mostly freeze-dried and canned food.

16 Sep 2017 9:39 AM

The planet, WASP-19b, has about the same mass as Jupiter, but is so close to its parent star that it completes an orbit in just 19 hours and its atmosphere is estimated to have a temperature of about 2,000 degrees Celsius. Such planets are known as 'hot Jupiters'.

Titanium oxide detected in 'hot Jupiter' atmosphere

Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have detected titanium oxide in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like exoplanet for the first time.

14 Sep 2017 7:04 PM

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a secret US Air Force space plane takes off NASA's Kennedy Space Center (Photo:AFP)

SpaceX launches US Air Force space plane on secret mission

SpaceX successfully launched a secret US military space plane on Sept 7 ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.

08 Sep 2017 8:15 AM

Space travellers are relaxing in Kazakhstan

All three returning space travellers are out of their capsule and relaxing in chairs on the steppes of Kazakhstan.

04 Sep 2017 8:25 AM

Whitson, along with fellow Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA and Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft from the space station and land in Kazakhstan at 9:22 pm EDT.

Record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson set to return to Earth

Peggy Whitson is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) and return to Earth after completing a 288-day long mission.

02 Sep 2017 12:31 PM

This NASA file photo taken on August 3, 2002 shows an artist's rendition of the Voyager spacecraft, which is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its launch. (Photo: AFP)

Forty years on, NASA’s unmanned spaceships still hurtles through space

Voyager's main mission was to explore other planets including Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.

27 Aug 2017 8:17 AM

Loren explains the tough situations that the astronauts would probably have when they would be locked inside this space suit designed for Mars.

Video | She tried out the Mars space suit, wasn’t happy

The new space suits for Mars is being designed and tested out at the University of North Dakota.

20 Aug 2017 9:44 AM

NASA's Voyager 1 has traveled farther from Earth than any other spacecraft. It's a mind-boggling 12.9 billion miles away, 40 years after its launch.

Voyager 1 leads pack of world's most distant spacecraft

Here's a list of the world's most distant spacecraft, according to NASA.

20 Aug 2017 9:28 AM

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