NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft will be arriving in orbit around Jupiter in around 12 months' time.
Just 10 days away from reaching Pluto the spacecraft has suffered an unexplained communications failure.
Scientists have developed a prototype of a strange new boomerang-shaped aircraft for use on Mars.
The Rosetta spacecraft has found what appears to be patches of ice on the surface of comet 67P.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has identified an anomalous structure on the surface of the dwarf planet.
The Pentagon and the US Air Force are working on developing hypersonic weapons and aircraft.
Researchers will be attempting to locate the remains of the famed aviator's aircraft next month.
The approaching spacecraft has snapped photographs of what appears to be polar ice on the dwarf planet.
After more than a decade in space NASA's Messenger spacecraft has ended its mission with a bang.
The space agency has reportedly produced a Star Trek style 'warp field' inside an experimental engine.
Chimpanzees in southeastern Senegal have become quite adept at making their own weapons.
Robotic grapples will be used to place a boulder from a large asteroid in to orbit around the moon.
A new experimental aircraft has been designed to demonstrate the viability of battery-powered planes.
The spacecraft is now set to spend the next 16 months studying the largest object in the asteroid belt.
A man in a Yeti costume has been seen prowling the streets after officials closed the roads to traffic.
The ill-fated spacecraft disappeared without a trace after reaching Mars more than ten years ago.
An aircraft passenger managed to capture footage of an unidentified object above the city.
The Indian Science Congress drew criticism this week over a lecture about 7,000-year-old airplanes.
The long-running NASA spacecraft will soon become the first ever to visit this distant, icy world.
NASA's explorary orbiter is due to go in to orbit around the enigmatic dwarf planet in March 2015.