NASA has assigned the task of decommissioning the iconic orbital platform to none other than Elon Musk.
Scientists have suggested that subterranean lava tubes on Mars could be home to primitive alien life forms.
Boeing's long-troubled alternative to the SpaceX Crew Dragon has made it off the launchpad with two astronauts on board.
One of the most unusual comets in the solar system is due to make its closest approach of the Earth today.
A planet thought to be the real-life equivalent of Spock's homeworld Vulcan might not actually exist after all.
China's answer to the X-37B is doing something in Earth's orbit and nobody is quite sure what that might be.
As if supermassive black holes weren't scary enough already, their rotational speed is absolutely mind-blowing.
The remarkable spectacle, known as the CG 4 cometary globule, is situated 1,300 light years from Earth.
NASA is currently funding a revolutionary new propulsion system that could make it much easier to travel to Mars.
Has the James Webb Space Telescope found life on a distant extrasolar world or could there be an alternative explanation ?
A team of planetary scientists has found new evidence of an undiscovered planet in the outer solar system.
The SpaceX CEO has some ambitious plans to build a thriving city on the Red Planet within as little as 20 years.
If this early concept image is anything to go by, the astronauts could soon be zooming around on the Moon in style.
Venus might not seem like a particularly hospitable place, but its atmosphere could support some forms of life.
Launching a rocket takes a lot of energy, but what if it were possible to fire a spacecraft into space instead?
The enormous next-generation spacecraft launched atop a Super Heavy booster in Texas earlier today.
When it was first discovered 20 years ago, it was thought that Apophis had a relatively high chance of colliding with us.
Scientists have proposed a possible new explanation for the origins and nature of dark matter.
The Moon could become a battleground among rival nations hoping to take advantage of its resources.
The details of the vehicle's latest mission are top secret, but that hasn't stopped an amateur astronomer from locating it.