Recent photographs from New Horizons have revealed Pluto's surface in more detail than ever before.
The SpaceX CEO proposed the unconventional idea as a way to terraform the planet for humans to live on.
NASA has revealed the most detailed picture yet of the anomalous bright spots on the surface of Ceres.
A vial of whiskey sent to the space station for a 4-year experiment has turned out nice but 'different'.
Professor Brian Cox has put forward the notion that Pluto may he capable of harboring primitive life.
NASA's New Horizons probe might have finished with Pluto but its mission is not over by a long shot.
Six people will spend the next year living in a dome in Hawaii to simulate a manned mission to Mars.
The legendary Apollo 11 astronaut is aiming to see an active human colony on Mars by the year 2039.
The space agency remains adament that there are no apocalyptic asteroids due to hit us next month.
The Dawn spacecraft has managed to take a closer look at the anomaly that it spotted earlier this year.
Professor Stephen Hawking has proposed that there is actually a way for something to escape a black hole.
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered a large amount of water beneath Buckskin Rock in the Marias Pass.
Scientists have demonstrated that a comet impact can kick-start the formation of complex molecules.
Members of the public have been asked to help determine what to call 32 distant extrasolar worlds.
Professor Geraint Lewis believes that traveling at warp speed may actually be a viable possibility.
A new space elevator concept could see astronauts ascending in to the stratosphere before taking off.
Astronomers have identified the smallest ever exoplanet to be directly photographed through a telescope.
NASA has been testing out a powerful new rocket engine that will one day help put humans on Mars.
The Rosetta spacecraft has captured the moment a dramatic jet of dust and gas erupted from comet 67P.
Scientists have highlighted the fact that the stars in the sky are slowly but surely fading away.