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Crew of Nasa’s simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year
The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside Nasa’s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Centre in Houston.
Astronomers discover potentially habitable planet
Named Gliese 12 b, the planet is just 40 light-years away from Earth.
Nasa vs Nessie: Space agency asked to assist new hunt to find Loch Ness Monster
The latest search comes 90 years after the first organised check of the waters of the loch in the Scottish Highlands.
Millions gather in North America hoping to catch glimpse of total solar eclipse
It will be another 21 years before the US sees another total solar eclipse on this scale.
Astronomers discover new six-planet system
The planets orbit their central star in a rhythmic beat, a rare case of an ‘in sync’ gravitational lockstep.
4.5 billion-year-old asteroid could reveal the origins of life on Earth
In September Nasa’s Osiris-Rex safely brought samples from asteroid Bennu to Earth.
Researchers reveal source of largest ever Mars quake
The event caused vibrations to reverberate through the planet for at least six hours.
Samples from asteroid could be key to secrets of building blocks of life – Nasa
The space agency has showed off some of the material collected from a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid for the first time.
Mysterious dark spot on Neptune detected from Earth for the first time
A dark spot was first discovered on Neptune by Nasa’s Voyager 2 in 1989.
Nasa report into UFOs finds no evidence of extra terrestrial origin
The space agency has released the findings of its Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena independent study report.