Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a new moon orbiting Pluto.
Even with spacesuits and other protective equipment the lunar dust could prove lethal to astronauts.
Richard Branson's flagship commercial space company is set to start flights in December 2013.
NASA plans to launch four spacecraft to investigate hidden portals in the magnetic field of the Earth.
China's latest space mission has been a resounding success as the crew landed after 13 days.
Physicists are developing a pulsed nuclear fusion system to propel spacecraft in to deep space.
Astronauts have conducted experiments to determine which life forms can survive the vacuum of space.
Scientists have recorded swifts flying vast distances of over 3,000 miles in the space of a few days.
China's latest space mission to dock a manned capsule with their orbiting space lab has been a success.
NASA's two Voyager spacecraft are will soon be passing in to the cold dark of interstellar space.
Some of the strangest legal cases ever recorded have been on the topic of planet ownership.
Affordable space tourism grows ever closer as rocket-powered test flights get the green light.
In a world first, a private spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station.
A new satellite is set to be launched in to orbit in an effort to hunt for hidden black holes in space.
SpaceX has successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo capsule bound for the ISS.
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has found a planet being destroyed by the heat of its own parent star.
Three astronauts are scheduled to visit the Tiangong 1 laboratory on China's fourth manned space mission.
Two Russians and one US astronaut have successfully launched from Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned a wealth of information during its analysis of the asteroid Vesta.
A spacecraft launched in the 1960s is thought to have been found on the dark side of the moon.