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Exoplanets dubbed 'Vulcan', 'Romulus' and 'Female Pigeon'

Wings slightly fall off cunning mythological plan

26 Oct 15:31

Ares I-X 'in great shape' to fly

Launch tomorrow, weather permitting

26 Oct 10:53

Is that the US space agency in your pocket or...?

The NASA iPhone app

23 Oct 19:15

Ares I: What's the point?

Waste of cash, says spaceflight review chairman

23 Oct 15:23

Galileo satellite fleet apparently reduced

Order for final six birds put on indefinite hold

23 Oct 10:50

Ares I-X trundles to launchpad

Headed for the future or the scrapheap?

20 Oct 12:18

Astronomers spy 32 new exoplanets

Galaxy packed with 'super-Earths'

20 Oct 09:34

NASA: Lunar pole-shot plume shows up in pictures

Pic Moon's dark bottom-dirt 'ejecta' soars miles high

19 Oct 10:12

ESA proposes ion drive Sun-dodge Mars commsat ploy

Electric rockets to 'hover' above, below ecliptic

16 Oct 15:38

Robot nuclear windjammer to sail patio-gas oceans of Titan

Crowsnest-cam to scan the 'Sea of Krakens'

15 Oct 15:24

China plans space station for the 2020s, eyes Moon trip

Weary Eagle, leaping Dragon?

15 Oct 11:00

Hubble snaps aftermath of galactic pile-up

Unveils tell-tale, two-tail trail

14 Oct 14:16

Moon orbiter detects pole-plunge hotspots in dark bottom

Pics NASA: LCROSS may have caused 'significant heating'

13 Oct 11:32

NASA moon-bomb probe strikes rich seam of fruitcake

Nutjob Parade 'As a woman I feel violated'

9 Oct 14:32

NASA iceberg-finder prangs into Moon's south pole

Update Place where sun doesn't shine probed

9 Oct 12:08

Lunar ice-mine pole prang probe looking good, says NASA

Future of off-Earth rocketfuel industry in the balance

9 Oct 09:21

NASA tweaks killer asteroid's trajectory of death

Bruce Willis can stand down, agency confirms

8 Oct 15:16

'Stop NASA bombing the Moon!'

Surreal Green werewolves launch anti-LCROSS petition

7 Oct 13:28

Star-watchers: Famous moon left half-smeared by dirty ring

'Irregular grindings' responsible, apparently

7 Oct 11:15

Super 'sun-hot' plasma rocket in fullbore bench test triumph

Ex-astronaut boffin's drive could reach Mars in 39 days

5 Oct 12:13

Black-hole sniffing 'laser combs' are go, say Brit gov boffins

Golden triangle mega space scope gets box-tick

5 Oct 10:45

NASA enlists schoolkids in Moonbase piss-recycler push

Simulated urine to be brewed from vinegar, baby shampoo

2 Oct 15:10

Pluto still a planet, says Ronald McDonald

Burgermeister defies International Astronomical Union

2 Oct 11:21

Cosmic rays hit Space Age high

Deflector shields activated, Mr Sulu?

1 Oct 09:25

Clown blasts off for ISS

Red noses all round for orbiting outpost

30 Sep 09:16

NASA retargets Moon-attack probe

Shifts LCROSS impact site

29 Sep 10:03

NASA: Tell us how to spend $4m pa on tech contests

Perhaps a prize for the best answer?

29 Sep 08:44

Oxygen-from-Moon-dirt passes vomit comet test

Air & rocketfuel can be made at lunar bases - or on Mars

25 Sep 11:59

There's water on the Moon, scientists confirm

Trio of spacecraft provide 'unambiguous evidence'

24 Sep 10:19

VTOL hovership in semi-successful X-Prize attempt

Alcoholic rocket retires with internal burns

23 Sep 15:29

Cosmic flashbulb effect caused by 'black-hole invaders'

Whirly star-gobble intrusions to blame, seemingly

21 Sep 13:59

DARPA seeks orbital wheely-bin plan

Must cope with rubbish up to 'derelict spaceship' size

18 Sep 14:49

NASA probe scents crusty bonanza in dark moon bottoms

Shadow icebergs of the lunar antarctic

18 Sep 12:10

Space shuttle Discovery lands after detour

Updated California touchdown

11 Sep 20:58

NASA fingers crash site for moon-impacting probe

'A nice flat, fluffy place'

11 Sep 19:59

Cruises on ex-Soviet space warships offered

Virgin Galactic? Pah - it's for poor people

11 Sep 12:57

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