A huge fast-moving space rock has the potential to bring about the apocalypse in the year 2880.
The New Horizons spacecraft has managed to capture the orbit of Pluto's largest moon like never before.
Extrasolar planets with a companion world tugging at them could remain habitable for much longer.
The space agency has released new video footage from its LDSD test flight back at the end of June.
The European spacecraft has finally reached its destination after traveling over 6 billion kilometers.
Russia is planning an extensive series of missions with the ultimate goal of landing humans on the moon.
A remarkable new type of propulsion system has been turning heads in the scientific community.
A particularly violent solar storm could one day have disasterous consequences for the modern world.
The successor to the Curiosity rover will be fitted with an array of sophisticated science instruments.
A satellite carrying live geckos as part of a science experiment is in danger of crashing back to Earth.
Astronomers have identified an extrasolar planet that takes 708 days to complete one orbit of its star.
Black holes may eventually turn in to their opposite and spew out everything that they ever swallowed.
A new study has concluded that an exoplanet requires a liquid water ocean in order to sustain life.
Newly declassified documents have revealed a plan from 1959 to build a lunar surveillance station.
Today marks exactly 45 years since Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on another world.
The space agency is accepting proposals for science instruments for future use on Jupiter's icy moon.
Astronomers have identified a new cosmological mystery using data from the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Red Planet is capable of hosting liquid water, albeit for a short time during certain months.
NASA's legendary space probe is now believed to have finally exited the solar system after 36 years.
Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin believes that more should be done to enable the colonization of Mars.