'Godzilla' of Earths circles distant starAstronomers 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.
Russian Proton rocket falls back to Earth after liftoffA Russian Proton rocket carrying a European-built satellite fell back to Earth on Friday shortly after liftoff in the latest accident to hit the country's once-proud space industry.
16 May 2014
Europe launches environment satelliteEurope on Thursday launched the first in a constellation of hi-tech satellites designed to monitor Earth for climate change and environmental damage and help disaster relief operations.
When stars explode, it's a messy businessWhen stars explode, it's a messy business. But the massive blasts are also useful, seeding the universe with such key elements as calcium, iron and titanium.
21 February 2014
Mass extinction happened fast: studySomething wiped out nearly all life on Earth more than 250 million years ago, and whatever unleashed this mass die-off acted much faster than previously thought.
More than 1,000 chosen for one-way Mars reality-TV missionMore than 1,000 candidates -- from 200,000 hopefuls -- have been chosen to train for a private Mars colonisation mission to be partly funded by a reality-TV show following their training and subsequent steps, organisers said Thursday.
03 January 2014
Comet ISON vanishes as it circles the sunComet ISON appears to have flown too close to the surface of the sun Thursday and vanished as it circled the fiery surface, astronomers said.
Satellites to probe Earth's strange shieldEurope next week will launch a trio of hi-tech satellites to explore something that may seem utterly mundane: Earth's magnetic field.