Now that the Juno spacecraft is settled in orbit around Jupiter after a five-year journey, the real work’s about to begin.
The Juno spacecraft is spinning toward Jupiter for the closest encounter with the biggest planet in our solar system.
Nasa’s latest mission could provide data to help scientists make predictions about future carbon dioxide levels.
Nasa hopes to try again to launch a 'flying saucer' into Earth's atmosphere after losing the chance because of bad weather.
Researchers have long debated just how much of a hazard the New Madrid fault zone poses.
A 14. 2m oarfish that washed ashore in Southern California last week was ready to become a mommy.
Juno will fly within 563km of Earth's surface, passing over the ocean off the coast of SA shortly before 9:30pm.
Recently discovered dinosaur embryos are giving experts their best glimpse yet into how the ancient creatures developed.
For much of April, the sun blocks the line of sight between Earth and Mars.
When Nasa's twin spacecraft Ebb and Flow crashed into the moon, scientists did not count on seeing the aftermath.
This baseball-size meteorite, estimated to be 2 billion years old, is strikingly similar to the volcanic rocks examined on the Martian surface.
Curiosity will now head for Mount Sharp in mid-February after it drills into its first rock.
The Grand Canyon was probably carved about 70 million years ago, much earlier than thought, a provocative new study suggests.
Slowly surmounting a key obstacle, the shuttle Endeavour maintained a heading through the streets of Los Angeles toward its retirement home.
The Nasa rover Curiosity has beamed back pictures of bedrock that suggest a fast-moving stream, possibly waist-deep, once flowed on Mars.
After spending a year gazing at Vesta, Nasa's Dawn spacecraft is set to cruise toward the most massive space rock in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. ...
Flight director David Oh's family has taken the unusual step of tagging along as he leaves Earth time behind and syncs his body clock with the red planet.
The short spin came a day after Curiosity successfully wiggled its wheels to test its steering capabilities.
The ancient Martian crater where the Curiosity rover landed looks strikingly similar to the Mojave Desert in California, say scientists.
Lava flows shaped like coils of rope have been found near the equator of the Red Planet.
As one of the world's most seismically active places, Indonesia is located on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”.
Nasa says that it is not giving up on Mars, but it will have to get there later and at a lower price.
Scientists are hoping to harness embryonic stem cells to create a variety of replacement tissues for transplant.
Two unmanned probes the size of washing machines are heading for the moon and are poised to enter orbit over the New Year's weekend.
Nasa's Dawn spacecraft has snapped more than 10,000 pictures of the asteroid Vesta since it slipped into orbit around the giant space rock last summer.