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There would be only seconds to prepare before the fireball hits.

An early date for the mission has already been revealed

TWO Asteroids are set to zip past Earth this week - and one is a big beast.Both will make a "close approach" but experts stress that they will be with

THE length of a day on Earth will eventually stretch to 25 hours, but scientists say this should come as no surprise.While it may take millions of yea

NASA is set to launch an 'artificial star' into the Earth's orbit to try and unlock the universe's best kept secrets.Dubbed "Landolt" the device is eq

SCIENTISTS may have just cracked the mystery behind the multiple ice ages that plunged Earth into a deep freeze for 300million years.There are a numbe

SPACE tourists could be lifted 22,000 miles above Earth - at the touch of an elevator button.The bonkers $100 billion giant space elevator project cou

BOEING'S $1.5billion Starliner is finally expected to launch this week just days after its most recent mission was aborted at the last minute.The

AFTER 166 days circling Earth, China's secret spaceplane has ejected an unknown object into orbit, according to reports.Little is known about the expe

BOEING'S beleaguered $1.5billion Starliner has received a new target date for its first crewed space launch following countless delays.The aircraft's

FINDING a planet that can host life like Earth does is like trying to find a grain of sand in an infinitely expanding haystack.And yet, despite the od

PLANS have been unveiled for Moon astronauts to keep fit by using a “wheel of death” which will be key to long-term survival while not on Earth.Th

TUCKED deep inside the Arctic Circle lies an abandoned Soviet base that is home to the world's deepest manmade hole dubbed "Well to Hell".Located in n

AN asteroid is believed to have broken off the moon and scientists have found additional proof that it could have been possible.Scientists disco

HUMANS could live on the Moon and on Mars in "stadium-sized" space habitats set to launch into the Earth's orbit as soon as 2026.The incredible expand

A CHILD genius claims he was born on Mars and was sent to Earth to give humans a chilling message.Boriska Kipriyanovich, now 27, from Volgograd, Russi

HOBBIT-LIKE homes, "Jeep" rovers, robots, and vertical gardens could allow humansto live comfortably on theMoonby2100, The Sun

CHINA has built a 20-storey tall nuclear space engine to power a mission to Mars.Boffins have reportedly been ordered to "innovate" the project "or di

OUR biology is holding us back from planet hopping around the cosmos and becoming humanly acquainted with the mysteries of deep space.Well, that's wha

A CAPSULE bringing a space-grown antiviral drug back to Earth has filmed its "spectacular"175,000mph reentry into the atmosphere.The jaw-dropping clip

A NASA scientist has revealed how we'd really be informed if a deadly asteroid was heading towards Earth.The expert explained that the process would b

THE UK Space Agency is on high alert after pictures emerged of a Star Wars-esque satellite hurtling towards Earth.Scientists expect the doomed 5,000lb

AN ODD new species of jellyfish has been uncovered inside a volcanic structure.The jellyfish features a strange marking on its stomach that resembles

A MASSIVE European satellite is set to come hurtling towards Earth later this month, which hawk-eyed experts will monitor closely.The now-retired spac

A NEW 'Super-Earth' that could be habitable has been discovered by researchers.Super-Earthsare a class of outer-solar system planets (exoplanets