Scientists have identified traces of methane inside space rocks that are thought to have come from Mars.
Scientists have calculated how much genetic material there is on Earth and how much space it takes up.
The new Space Launch System will enable ambitious future missions including a manned trip to Mars.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has outlined the space agency's plans for getting humans to Mars.
The space agency will be testing out its futuristic Mars landing system over Hawaii this week.
New research has emphasized the remarkable persistence of life even in the cold vacuum of space.
The space agency has outlined its upcoming mission to determine if Jupiter's icy moon is habitable.
China's burgeoning space program is set to attempt something that nobody has ever tried before.
The X-37B will be launching again on Wednesday however nobody knows exactly what it will be doing.
The soprano had been set to become the first professional singer in space later on this year.
The events of the hit movie could become a reality thanks to the large amounts of junk in Earth's orbit.
A NASA balloon experiment has picked up sounds that wouldn't seem out of place in an X-Files episode.
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.
Two amateur astronomers have succeeded in placing a model fighter in to orbit using a weather balloon.
The space agency has reportedly produced a Star Trek style 'warp field' inside an experimental engine.
The space agency has formed a new coalition of scientists from a wide range of different fields.
Scientists have identified a huge void in space that measures over 1.8 billion light years across.
Samantha Cristoforetti did her best Captain Janeway impression for an epic orbital selfie this week.
Scientists have been investigating human hibernation as a way to enable long-haul space trips.