Science
NASA’s Curiosity to extract powder on Mars by drilling rocks
Curiosity tested percussive drilling this past weekend, penetrating about two inches into a target called "Duluth."
Trump aims to make it easier for companies to get to space
The president has signed a space policy directive asking the government to make it easier for private companies to get to and from space.
Study offers new look at why our brains evolved to be so big
In relation to body size, our brains are huge, about six times larger than one would expect from other mammals.
'Alien asteroid' may be the oldest one in the solar system
The asteroid, called (514107) 2015 BZ509 or “BZ” for short, measures nearly 2 miles (3km) wide.
China launches satellite to explore dark side of moon: Xinhua
China aims to catch up with Russia and the United States to become a major space power by 2030.
NASA's planet-hunting probe completes lunar flyby
As part of camera commissioning, the science team snapped a two-second test exposure using one of the four TESS cameras.
Oxygen presence in distant galaxy sheds light on early universe
Astronomers provides insight into star formation in perhaps the most distant galaxy ever observed.
Spacewalking astronauts tackle pump work at space station
Mission Control warned the spacewalkers to be careful of possible leaks of the toxic ammonia coolant.
Aliens exist but may be in parallel Universe: Study
International team of scientists claims that aliens could be living in a parallel universe.
Life on Jupiter’s moon? Europa's plumes suggest so
The discovery was made from data collected in 1997 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft that flew through a plume of water vapour.