NASA's 'impossible' propulsion system continues to intrigue as it receives its first peer-reviewed paper.
The President-elect is hoping to send humans back to the Moon - and beyond - within the next few decades.
It is looking increasingly likely that the dwarf planet is home to a vast subterranean ocean of water.
The Dutch company has unveiled a preliminary design for a space suit that may one day be worn on mars.
Being high up above the planet didn't stop astronaut Shane Kimbrough from casting his vote last week.
Scientists believe that Mars is now so dry that any life forms would have to be living deep underground.
A new investigation has revealed that the Beagle 2 Mars probe actually did land on Mars successfully.
Scientists have spotted X-rays trickling from the dwarf planet despite there being no obvious source.
The Parkes radio telescope has been turned towards our nearest neighbor to listen out for signs of life.
NASA and FEMA officials got together last month to respond to a hypothetical doomsday asteroid scenario.
The private space firm has finally figured out what caused its rocket to explode back in September.
There are plans to build an ambitious new space station around the Moon within the next two decades.
Skywatchers will be out in their droves when the Moon lights up the night sky later on this month.
NASA's Curiosity rover has taken a closer look at an odd-looking meteorite lying on the surface of Mars.
Experts have warned that SpaceX's plan to fuel rockets while astronauts are on board could prove fatal.
If an astronaut dies in space, could their body eventually go on to spread microbes to other planets ?
A large hexagon-shaped feature in Saturn's atmosphere appears to have changed color from blue to gold.
The discovery has the potential to challenge what we currently know of how early galaxies formed.
A large planet lurking in the outer solar system could be causing the sun's rotational axis to tilt.
Seven decades ago, scientists in new Mexico took the first ever pictures of our planet from outer space.