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Earth hits sixth warmest year on record
Scientists say the exceptionally hot year is part of a long-term warming trend.
Billionaire returns starry-eyed from space with business dreams
Returning to life with gravity was quite the comedown for the Japanese billionaire.
'Alien megastructure' star may not be alone
Speculation that a strangely pulsing star may have unnatural origins flared in 2015.
Hubble telescope's bigger, more powerful successor to soar
The James Webb Space Telescope is finally on the brink of flight.
FAA awards Jeff Bezos coveted astronaut wings
What do people with everything want? An astronaut status apparently.
'Clown, genius, edgelord': Elon Musk is Time magazine's 'Person of the Year'
Musk is estimated to be the richest person in the world with a net worth of around $300bn.
Nasa's Curiosity rover sends 'picture postcard' from Mars
Remarkable images from Mars have left members of the mission team "stunned".
Kiwi radar tracks debris from Russian space missile
Evidence from NZ backs US claims Russian blast endangered International Space Station.
SpaceX crew launch marks 600 space travellers in 60 years
The 600 ranges from actor William Shatner last month to US and Russian astronauts.
Rocket Lab buys Colorado firm for US$45m; where Beck's hunting next
Rapid expansion continues.
Nasa to crash spacecraft into asteroid in 'Armageddon' test
The space agency will attempt to not miss a thing.
Russian actor beats Tom Cruise to film in space
Russian actor Yulia Peresild overtakes Tom Cruise in the movie version of the space race.
Elon Musk's SpaceX launches first tourist flight Inspiration4
The four astronauts will be in space for three days, circling the Earth.
Nasa says an asteroid will have a close brush with Earth. But not until the 2100s
New York Times: Scientists forecast path of space rock size of the Empire State Building.
Latest space station supplies include pizza delivery for 7
The cargo ship should reach the International Space Station on Thursday.
Hawke's Bay's Rocket Lab headed for the Moon
Rocket Lab is launching its first Moon mission from Mahia.
Want to pretend to live on Mars? For a whole year? Apply now
Nasa is looking for four crew members for a year-long mission simulating life on Mars.
It was his day off. Then the Space Station went for a spin
New York Times: The Nasa flight director had to declare a "spacecraft emergency".
Nasa photos show decline of snow cover in California
Images taken over 15-year period show a "drying" of Sierra Nevada mountains.
Fifty years ago, Nasa put a car on the moon
New York Times: The lunar rovers parked American automotive culture on the lunar surface.
Branson, Bezos and Musk: How the three spaceketeers aren't just vain, ego-stroking billionaires
The space race is being criticised as a vanity project. But could it save life on Earth?
'Magical': Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship
Richard Branson hurtled into space, thus bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality.
Live: Touchdown! Sir Richard Branson completes Virgin Galactic Unity 2 trip to space
Join our live coverage of Sir Richard Branson's mission into space.
'Won't be going to his funeral': Branson's wife more worried than hubby about space flight
Branson's wife has fears about space trip, but Branson "far more excited than worried" .
'Not high enough': Bezos' criticism to Branson before first space trip
Jeff Bezos has lashed out, saying Branson is not going high enough to be a real astronaut.
Billionaire blast-off: All you need to know about Branson's trip to space
Virgin boss racing to beat Amazon's Jeff Bezos as first rich rocket man to leave planet.
Billionaire space race: Richard Branson's bid to outdo Jeff Bezos
Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days.
'Closest in a generation': Nasa gets close-ups of Jupiter's moon
Nasa released two pictures highlighting Ganymede's crater
Nasa releases stunning new pic of Milky Way's 'downtown'
Composite pic depicts billions of stars and countless black holes in heart of Milky Way.
Virgin Galactic rocket ship ascends from New Mexico
Virgin Galactic forges toward tourist flights to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere.
China 'wins gamble' with rocket debris strike
Uncontrolled re-entry of high-speed spacecraft parts criticised as 'reckless' and 'lazy'.
Nasa chief big on climate, diversity, hedges on moon date
As well as reaching for the stars, Bill Nelson wants to diversify the Nasa workforce.
Nasa's Mars helicopter blades heard humming on red planet
Nasa is sharing the sound of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.