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Mission teams will lose direct contact with Parker probe while it passes 3.8 million miles from sun’s surface

The launch took place at Iran’s Imam Khomeini Spaceport in rural Semnan province.

Emily Calandrelli posted video sharing awe of seeing Earth, that was soon flooded with hateful, objectifying comments

Neither NASA nor its Russian counterpart agency ROSCOSMOS are yet to disclose why it was that the four astronauts were whisked to hospital after they touched down in Florida today

Elon Musk’s huge rocket sets off on test flight before upper stage splashdown and explosion in Indian Ocean

Two astronauts at International Space Station will board SpaceX rocket in September instead of Boeing Starliner

NASA’s ongoing flight tests of the Boeing Starliner manned spacecraft mark another milestone in its journey towards independence from Russian Soyuz services.

Guillermo Sohnlein, the co-founder of OceanGate, the company that built the infamous Titan submarine, claims he can send humans to Venus safely and cost-effectively by 2050

NASA astronomers are eagerly awaiting a 'once-in-a-lifetime' event that is set to create a 'new star' in the night sky at any moment between now and September

Officials have warned a potential geomagnetic storm could 'wipe out the internet' and disrupt mobile networks before the weekend for millions of people - and from as early as 4pm BST today

The blazing fireball that lit up the sky with an orange glow above the Chinese capital Beijing was also seen more than 1,000 miles away in Gansu province before it broke into smaller pieces

Dr Rosemary Coogan has followed in the footsteps of Helen Sharman and Tim Peake to qualify from Europe's astronaut training college, becoming Britain's third outer space voyager

Astronomers who spotted the Gaia BH3 - the now second-closest known black hole and 33 times the size of the sun - said no-one ever expected it to be found so close to Earth

Astronomers have discovered an enormous black hole from the supernova of an exploding star just 2,000 light years from Earth - and it is the most massive black hole in the Milky Way so far

The Lyrid meteor shower has been wowing observers for thousands of years and it is due to kick off soon with stargazers predicting as many as 18 meteors per hour

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is passing near to earth on its massive 70 year orbit around the sun with late march and early April the best time to see the unusually shaped comet

Mysterious 'space debris' illuminated the California skyline following a SpaceX Falcon rocket launch, captured on video by Jenna Kushi, sparking speculation and curiosity

Scientists are aiming to find hidden sector or "ghost" particles in a new £100million experiment to be undertaken at Cern that could provide some answers about the origins of the universe

People reckon extra-terrestrial beings would walk like humans, and have a similarly-shaped, oval head - except there would be two of them

An international research team at the All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) centre used three telescopes to look at 91 pairs of twin star - and found some showed evidence of 'eating' planets

SpaceVIP have announced they're working with Michelin-starred chef Rasmus Munk to create an out of this world dining experience – but as spaces are limited, taking part is going to cost you

The comet called 12P/Pons-Brooks is known as the 'devil comet' for its two signature icy 'horns' that extend out behind it and are visible when the conditions are right

Nasa is planning to launch its Message in a Bottle mission to Jupiter's moon Europa later this year as it believes the moon has the ideal conditions for 'alien life'

Commercial satellite 'megaconstellations' such as SpaceX's Starlink network could potentially release enough 'spacecraft dust' to weaken Earth's magnetic field, a study warns