Russia’s space agency announced Wednesday that the International Space Station — a space base the world’s scientists and billions of U.S. tax dollars helped build and maintain some 200 miles above the surface of the Earth — will be de-orbited and allowed to sink into the Pacific Ocean in 2020, just like its Russian predecessor, [...]

A thin band of antimatter particles called antiprotons enveloping the Earth has been spotted for the first time. The find, described in Astrophysical Journal Letters, confirms theoretical work that predicted the Earth’s magnetic field could trap antimatter. The team says a small number of antiprotons lie between the Van Allen belts of trapped “normal” matter. [...]

Life on Earth may have its origins in outer space, according to Nasa research. Scientists have analysed meteorites that formed billions of years ago before falling to Earth. The carbon-rich fragments were found to contain chemicals similar to one of the key components of DNA, the building blocks of life. Tests show that the presence [...]

Planets can be ejected when a star dies during a supernova and be left to roam the galaxy, according to a new study. Experts led by astronomer Dimitri Veras at the University of Cambridge found planets can survive the blast when a star dies. Depending on the size of the star, the effect of the [...]