The private space firm has again demonstrated the viability of reusable rockets for routine missions.
A 470 million-year-old meteorite has turned out to be quite unlike any that have been found before.
The alleged skeletal artifact appeared following an 'enhancement' of an image from the Curiosity rover.
US and Australian military scientists are working together on an ambitious high-speed aircraft concept.
The private space firm has finally succeeded in landing its Falcon 9 rocket on a barge out at sea.
After a smooth launch, ESA's ExoMars probe was almost blown to pieces in a rocket stage explosion.
Russia is working on a new propulsion system that has the potential to revolutionize space travel.
A bus driver had been walking along the street when a chunk of rock fell from the sky and killed him.
Scientists have finally discovered the spot where Apollo 16's S-IVB rocket stage impacted on the moon.
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.
Hundreds of dinosaur footprints have been found preserved in rocks along the coast of a Scottish island.
Blue Origin has beaten SpaceX in the race to build a rocket that can launch and then return to the Earth.
The UK's Bloodhound SSC rocket car will be attempting to break the world land speed record in style.
An ambitious new mission aims to send a spacecraft to pick up samples collected by NASA's Mars rover.
Jupiter's volcanically active moon Io may possess a hidden subterranean ocean comprised of molten rock.
The latest in a long line of anomalous objects spotted in Mars photographs is a floating wooden spoon.
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered a large amount of water beneath Buckskin Rock in the Marias Pass.
NASA has been testing out a powerful new rocket engine that will one day help put humans on Mars.
A new image of a rocky outcrop on the surface of Mars shows what looks like a large crab-like creature.