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'Ninth planet' may exist in solar system: US scientists A previously unknown giant planet may have been discovered lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system, US scientists announced.

21 January 2016

Liquid water found on Mars: NASA Liquid water has been observed on the planet Mars which makes it far more likely that life could be found there, the US space agency NASA said.

29 September 2015

Soyuz rocket with three astronauts launches towards ISS A Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts successfully launched towards the International Space Station, marking the 500th manned launch in space travel history.

02 September 2015

Magical views from top of the world for solar eclipse All eyes will be on the skies for a total solar eclipse expected to offer spectacular views, if only in the far northern Svalbard archipelago and Faroe Islands.

20 March 2015

Northern parts of Kazakhstan to witness solar eclipse on March 20 The first complete solar eclipse of the year is going to take place on March 20, 15 hours prior to the astronomical spring in the Northern hemisphere - equinox.

15 March 2015

Kazakhstan needs asteroid observation stations: astrophysicist Many space objects remain undiscovered and some of them pose a threat to the Earth. Astrophysicist Victor Teifel says it is time to build a special station for detection of asteroids in Kazakhstan.

15 December 2014

Savvy media use turned comet mission into tale of space heroics Rosetta mission had become a tale of heroics in deep space, with the secrets of the Solar System at stake.

18 November 2014

Comet probe uploads last-minute data from 'alien world' Robot probe Philae uploaded a slew of data to Earth from a deep-space comet that it drilled into long after its onboard battery was feared to have died.

15 November 2014

Despite landing fumble, comet probe working well Europe's comet probe Philae was "working well" despite a rough-and-tumble touchdown that left it partly shadowed from battery-boosting sunlight.

14 November 2014

Meteor shower to be witnessed in Kazakhstan 2014 Perseid meteor shower will be visible in Kazakhstan at night today, August 13.

12 August 2014

Kazakhstan steps up space research The Tian Shan Astronomical Observatory in the mountains near Almaty, Kazakhstan has completed modernising its two telescopes.

24 July 2014

Chile hilltop razed for world's largest telescope Construction on the world's largest optical telescope began with a bang, as workers demolished a hilltop in Chile's Atacama desert.

20 June 2014

'Godzilla' of Earths circles distant star Astronomers have spotted the "Godzilla" of all Earths, a huge rocky planet orbiting a star 560 light years away that is changing scientists' understanding of the origins of the universe.

03 June 2014

Major meteor shower could delight N. America May 23-24 Skywatchers in the United States and Canada could see a one-of-a-kind meteor shower late Friday night and early Saturday, astronomers say.

21 May 2014

Americas to get glimpse of total lunar eclipse A total lunar eclipse, the first since December 2011, will take place Tuesday with the Americas best placed to get a glimpse.

15 April 2014

Major discovery bolsters Big Bang theory of universe Waves of gravity that rippled through space right after the Big Bang have been detected for the first time, in a landmark discovery that adds to our understanding of how the universe was born.

18 March 2014

Astronomers reveal 'largest yellow star ever' Astronomers have spotted the largest yellow star ever observed in our galaxy and 1,300 times larger than the sun.

13 March 2014

'Oldest star' found from iron fingerprint: astronomers Australian astronomers on Sunday said they had found a star 13.6 billion years old, making it the most ancient star ever seen.

10 February 2014

Chile observatory finds the coldest spot in space The coldest place in the universe -- just one degree above absolute zero, the temperatures at which all atoms freeze -- is the Boomerang Nebula.

01 November 2013

Chinese no longer banned from NASA astronomy meet Six Chinese scientists who were banned from a NASA astronomy conference are now welcome to register, resolving an international row over academic discrimination.

22 October 2013

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