Scientists in Australia have determined that Earth-like planets are likely to be commonplace.
The space agency has secured enough funding to develop a mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon.
Scientists are hoping that Rosetta's companion lander will come back to life within a few months.
ESO’s Very Large Telescope has snapped a breathtaking image of a distant 'cometary globule'.
24-year-old Maggie Lieu has been shortlisted to go to Mars as part of the controversial Mars One project.
Astronomers have found a planet with rings over 200 times larger than those found around Saturn.
A helicopter drone could help a rover on Mars to scout the terrain ahead and locate places of interest.
A solar system dating back billions of years points to the likelihood that Earth-sized worlds are common.
The asteroid known as 2004 BL86 flew past the Earth this week at a distance of 1.2 million kilometers.
Scientists have discovered indications that liquid water was once present on the asteroid's surface.
Scientists believe that the two mystery bright spots on Ceres could be water spewing in to space.
A new study has opened up the possibility that the center of our galaxy is actually a massive wormhole.
Astronomers have been picking up strange unexplained radio bursts from the depths of space.
Evidence suggests that two planets larger than the Earth may be present in the outer solar system.
The 'Phantom of the Opera' singer is set to spend ten days aboard the space station in October.
The long-lost Mars lander has finally been found and it appears to still be all in one piece.
The tenth anniversary of Huygens' descent on to the Saturnian moon has been marked with a new video.
A leak in the American part of the station has forced the crew to take refuge in the Russian section.
The ill-fated spacecraft disappeared without a trace after reaching Mars more than ten years ago.
Scientists have been observing the beginnings of a collision between two supermassive black holes.