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Known as Skynet-1A, the satellite was launched in 1969 just a short time after Apollo 11 landed on the Moon.
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Scientists now believe that a small moon orbiting Uranus may be capable of harboring primitive alien life forms.
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The signal had been sent as part of an exercise to see how we would fare if a genuine alien signal was ever picked up.
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It appears as though the first astronauts to set foot on the Moon in over 50 years will be doing so in style.
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The spacecraft will be trying to answer some of the most critical questions about Europa and its subsurface ocean.
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A new study has highlighted the potential for finding habitable extrasolar worlds around F-type stars.
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After covering 20 miles across the Martian surface, it is perhaps no surprise that the rover has taken a few dints.
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In an unexpected discovery, it turns out that lockdown actually had a measurable impact on the lunar surface.
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It is perhaps ironic that Earth's deadliest weapons of mass destruction could potentially save us all from catastrophe.
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Creating a colony on Mars would not only be technologically challenging, but also biologically taxing as well.
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The Moon will be joined by a second natural satellite for a short time beginning this Sunday.
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The SpaceX CEO has stated on social media that manned missions to Mars will start very soon indeed.
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The iconic action star is planning to record a movie in space while doing all the stunts himself.
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This fascinating and profound audio piece is literally a musical manifestation of astronomical data.
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The stricken capsule had been making some peculiar noises while docked at the International Space Station.
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Astronomers have spotted something unexpected zooming through our galaxy and it is really shifting.
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Back in the 1970s, this iconic signal was thought to be a candidate for the first ever message from extraterrestrials.
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The likelihood of finding evidence of life on Mars seems to be increasing by the day.
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The pair had been expecting to return to Earth within mere days, but so far they've been in space for over two months.
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Scientists have proposed building a special facility on the Moon to preserve life in the event of a major disaster.