Recent rumors suggest that gravitational waves may have been directly detected for the first time.
Scientists have finally discovered the spot where Apollo 16's S-IVB rocket stage impacted on the moon.
Scientists believe that globular clusters may be a good place to look for extraterrestrial civilizations.
Virgin Galactic will be debuting the second of its suborbital space tourism vehicles in February.
The United States once planned to build an orbiting outpost to help gather intelligence about the USSR.
The European Space Agency believes humans will be living on the lunar surface within the next 14 years.
Congress has insisted that NASA create a prototype deep space habitation module by no later than 2018.
British astronaut Tim Peake dialed up an unsuspecting pensioner and said, 'hello, is this planet Earth ?'
Our planet may be at higher risk from a large comet impact than from a conventional rocky asteroid.
Elon Musk's private space firm has managed to pull off a vertical rocket landing for the first time.
New research has revealed that black holes can grow up to 50 billion times the mass of our sun.
Following on from Halloween's close encounter, another seasonal asteroid will soon be paying us a visit.
A potentially habitable terrestrial planet has been discovered in the relatively nearby Wolf 1061 system.
Festive revelers will be treated to a full moon this Christmas for the first time in almost four decades.
The Soyuz spacecraft has successfully arrived at the station following a tense manual docking maneuver.
Researchers have identified what could be two new large planets in the outer reaches of our solar system.
Scientists have finally determined what the dwarf planet's mysterious bright spots actually are.
The British astronaut will run the entire 42 kilometers while aboard the International Space Station.
NASA has released breathtaking new images of Pluto's surface taken by the New Horizons probe.
The space agency is hoping that the next generation of astronauts will inspire a future mission to Mars.