A Russian spy plane recently flew over Area 51 in Nevada with full permission from the US government.
The space agency is hoping to launch its first manned mission to the Red Planet within the next 14 years.
Scientists have confirmed via ESA's Mars Express probe that Curiosity did detect methane on the Red Planet.
Scientists at JPL have been working to simulate the atmospheric conditions found on 'hot Jupiter' planets.
In a new study, scientists have worked out that, on average, Mercury is actually closer to us than Venus.
A woman who had been visiting her daughter in Australia returned to Scotland with an unexpected stowaway.
A new study has revealed that our planet's atmosphere extends further in to space than was previously believed.
Scientists have successfully identified an entirely new moon in orbit around the gas giant Neptune.
A Russian satellite has picked up mysterious 'explosions of light' in our planet's upper atmosphere.
Our planet's magnetic north pole is reportedly moving towards Siberia at a rate of 34 miles per year.
A new study has revealed that our planet's protective magnetic field almost disappeared 565 million years ago.
Researchers believe that they may have found the wreckage of Earhart's plane off Papua New Guinea.
The carbon and nitrogen that make up our bodies likely came from a planet that once smacked in to the Earth.
A man whose crew allegedly witnessed the plane going down has provided investigators with the co-ordinates.
The wreck of a WWII plane found in the English Channel could help to explain what happened to a US serviceman.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has provided a sneak peak of the firm's prototype interplanetary Starship spacecraft.
Great-grandmother Irene O'Shea made history earlier this month when she jumped out of an airplane.
Scientists have revealed that an incredibly large amount of life exists in our planet's deep subsurface.
87-year-old Lucio Ballesteros hopes that mankind will one day use the vessel to travel to an alien planet.
Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence that can be used to run a manned outpost on another world.