The rainbow flag that symbolises gay pride has been sent into space for the first time via a high-altitude balloon. Planting Peace, a US-based non-profit group that seeks to "spread peace in a hurting world", launched the flag near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 17 August. The balloon captured video with...

Trying to find the source of our existance, a new venture in space station exploration is portrayed in this sci-fi film.

Almost three quarters of the earth's surface is covered in water and around 90% of all the living space on Earth is contained in the oceans. These vast reserves cradled early life and continue to be home to a wealth of extraordinary creatures.

China is to relocate more than 9,000 people in the lead-up to the opening of the world’s largest radio telescope later this year – a move that Beijing hopes will boost the global hunt for extraterrestrial life. Work on the 1.2bn yuan (£127m) Fast (Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescop

NASA is so sure the world will not come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012, that they already released a video for the day after. Despite what the Mayan calendar may seem to say or doomsayers claim, NASA remains 100% confident that the world will not coming to an end in 2012.

From the highest volcano to the deepest canyon, from impact craters to ancient river beds and lava flows, this showcase of images from ESA's Mars Express takes you on an unforgettable journey across the Red Planet.

An Atlas V rocket lofted the Juno spacecraft toward Jupiter from Space Launch Complex-41. The 4-ton Juno spacecraft will take five years to reach Jupiter on a mission to study its structure and decipher its history.
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Nasa's asteroid Vesta in 3-D. Put on your 3-D glasses for this ride over asteroid Vesta.

From 230 miles overhead, International Space Station external and crew-tended cameras captured video of the wildfires burning in central Texas to the southeast of the capitol of Austin at 12:07 p.m. Eastern time on Sept. 6, 2011. The video was accompanied by comments on the wildfires by Expedition 2...

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