In recent years, the magnetic field that surrounds and protects our planet has been gradually weakening.
Hydrogen sulfide, which gives rotten eggs their smell, has been discovered in the seventh planet's atmosphere.
On planets more massive than the Earth, launching things in to space will be a lot more challenging.
Known as EarthNow, the project aims to offer live streaming of the entire planet 24 hours a day.
Could there have been an advanced civilization on our planet long before mankind appeared on the scene ?
A meteorite that crashed in the Nubian Desert has offered a glimpse of our solar system's earliest days.
An asteroid the size of a warehouse passed our planet at the weekend just hours after it was first spotted.
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is due to lift off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday.
Warnings of another end of the world scenario involving the planet Nibiru have been doing the rounds this week.
Virgin Galactic's new spaceplane blasted through the sky on Thursday after firing its rocket engine for the first time.
Space tourism startup Orion Span is offering guests the opportunity to spend 12 days orbiting the planet.
NASA's flagship rover has now been trundling across the surface of the Red Planet for more than five years.
One astronomer was left red-faced this week after he mistook the planet Mars for an undiscovered star.
Bars worth up to $368 million rained down after the aircraft suffered damage during takeoff on Thursday.
NASA is working with US nuclear authorities to develop a spacecraft that can nuke dangerous space rocks.
A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
The US government is funding a new experimental aircraft known as the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator.
New footage has emerged showing a large chunk of ice narrowly missing pedestrians on a London street.
Scientists have used microlensing to discover planets in a galaxy over 3.8 billion light years away.
The dinosaurs' total domination of our planet may have played a major role in their eventual demise.