NASA's exploratory rover has recorded an impressive panoramic image from the surface of the Red Planet.
Students in the US have conducted a successful test flight of a small remotely piloted glider aircraft.
Scientists have allegedly discovered a potentially habitable planet within a neighboring star system.
A strange object spotted beyond the orbit of Neptune appears to be going around the sun in reverse.
A new study has shown that Luke Skywalker is not the only thing to have come from a galaxy far, far away.
A sudden and intense period of solar flare activity almost triggered a nuclear apocalypse back in 1967.
Moon Express is set to become the first private company ever to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface.
If it was to become possible to survive a trip in to a black hole, where exactly would you end up?
A vast expanse of space totally devoid of new stars has been found at the heart of our own galaxy.
A huge space rock almost half a mile wide has the potential to hit our planet within the next 200 years.
Manganese found inside rocks on Mars could mean that the Red Planet once had oxygen in its atmosphere.
The astronauts who walked on the moon are up to five times more likely to die of cardiovascular disease.
After a year without communication, scientists have finally said goodbye to Philae for the last time.
Scientists have been attempting to determine why the dwarf planet Ceres has no large craters at all.
The data recorded during the historic Viking Mars missions is set to be archived in digital form.
Researchers in the US have been able to determine the origins of one of the moon's largest craters.
Scientists have identified two distant worlds which could be ideal places to look for alien life.
The space agency is looking to develop orbiters that could help to support a future manned mission.
The private space firm has again demonstrated the viability of reusable rockets for routine missions.
NASA is celebrating the success of its New Horizons spacecraft by showcasing a new sequence of images.