An ambitious new project is aiming to make interstellar travel a reality within just three decades.
The private space firm has finally succeeded in landing its Falcon 9 rocket on a barge out at sea.
New evidence has suggested that supermassive black holes may be more common than previously thought.
NASA's aging rover has captured an impressive image of a vortex swirling around on the surface of Mars.
A comet bombardment that occurred on Mars 3.9 billion years ago may have created habitable conditions.
A mysterious star with an atmosphere dominated by oxygen has left scientists scratching their heads.
A new theory has suggested that the new planet could be responsible for periodic mass extinction events.
The case for a hidden gas giant in the outer solar system continues to go from strength to strength.
After a smooth launch, ESA's ExoMars probe was almost blown to pieces in a rocket stage explosion.
The US space agency has suggested that it would be possible to build a 'cheap' moon base by 2022.
The futuristic lunar settlement would not only attract scientists and explorers but tourists as well.
The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a group of massive stars over 170,000 light years away.
Hibernating mammals like lemurs could play a role in helping mankind venture out on deep space missions.
Russia is working on a new propulsion system that has the potential to revolutionize space travel.
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) successfully launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan this morning.
The discovery of what look like clouds on Pluto has reignited the debate over its dwarf planet status.
Europe and Russia are launching a joint mission next week to land a spacecraft on the surface of Mars.
The Hubble Space Telescope has managed to take a photograph of the most distant object ever observed.
Astronomers have moved to allay concerns over the possibility of an asteroid collision early next week.
Russian scientists have been determining how to use nuclear weapons to protect the Earth from asteroids.