NASA has revealed what processes turned Mars in to the dry, cold and barren world that we see today.
The new material is so completely and utterly black that it absorbs 99% of all the light that hits it.
Jupiter's volcanically active moon Io may possess a hidden subterranean ocean comprised of molten rock.
Members of the public have been asked to help determine what to call 32 distant extrasolar worlds.
Astronomers have identified the smallest ever exoplanet to be directly photographed through a telescope.
Kepler-452b, the most Earth-like world ever found outside our solar system, is 1400 light years away.
Researchers have revealed that we may only learn of an approaching solar storm twelve hours in advance.
Astronomers have discovered a planet that has been described as a 'potential gold mine of science data'.
A glow similar to the Northern Lights has been picked up around a brown dwarf star 20 light years away.
Astronomers using the Kepler Telescope have found the most Earth-like extrasolar planet ever discovered.
NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft will be arriving in orbit around Jupiter in around 12 months' time.
Astronomers have identified a planet the size of Mars orbiting a star 200 light years from the Earth.
New research has emphasized the remarkable persistence of life even in the cold vacuum of space.
Water-rich asteroids are thought to have brought water to countless other worlds throughout the universe.
The space agency has formed a new coalition of scientists from a wide range of different fields.
Wandering planets that aren't part of a solar system might still be capable of supporting life.
There could be two potentially habitable planets in a binary star system just 4.3 light years away.
A solar eclipse provided a breathtaking spectacle this morning despite predominantly cloudy weather.
The largest moon in the solar system is now thought to have more water on it than the Earth does.
Two pilots are attempting to fly around the world in a solar powered airplane called Solar Impulse 2.