The astronauts are expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean at 00:07 GMT (20:07 EDT) on Saturday.

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Live updates for launch of NASA's Artemis II test flight will be published on this page. NASA’s launch broadcast coverage is airing on NASA+, Amazon Prime,

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of discovery on another planet. A new National Academies report identifies the highes...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking t...

Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.

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Presence of long-chain alkanes in rock raises new questions about possible existence of life billions of years ago Nasa’s Curiosity rover has found the largest organic compounds ever seen on Mars, raising tantalising questions about whether life emerged on the red planet billions of years ago. The compounds were detected in a 3.7bn-year-old rock sample collected in Yellowknife Bay, an ancient Martian lakebed that harboured all the necessary ingredients for life in the planet’s warmer, wetter past. Continue reading...

The jury’s out on whether the US is still at the top of global science. Proposed cuts to major agencies could mean completely ceding that title.

Two research publications by the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team suggest that conditions for the emergence of life were widespread across the early solar system.

"No fire damage so far (some wind damage) but it is very close to the lab. Hundreds of JPLers have been evacuated from their homes & many have lost homes."

Un nuevo análisis de los datos de la misión Rosetta, que estudió de cerca al cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, aporta nuevas pistas sobre el origen del agua terrestre.

NASA's DAVINCI probe will be first in 21st century to brave Venus’ atmosphere as it descends from above the planet down to its surface.