Co-operation between space agencies could one day make the idea of a manned mission to Mars a reality.
The European Space Agency is to send a 1bn-Euro space probe to visit Jupiter and its icy moons.
Over the next two days programmers from around the world will try to solve problems put forth by NASA.
The first ever space station resupply mission by a commercial operator is scheduled for the end of April.
Experts have been researching how a weightless environment could affect whisky maturation.
Future spacecraft could one day use dead stars as a way to determine their position in space.
The Cassini spacecraft has captured new images of the geysers on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has discovered the five F-1 engines that launched Apollo 11 in to space.
The crew of the International Space Station took shelter when space debris was detected nearby.
SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk is aiming for a future in which tickets to Mars cost $500,000 per person.
Space experts have been investigating a strange metallic object that fell from the sky over Siberia.
NASA has released ultra high quality footage taken from the shuttle's rocket boosters during launch.
The experimental US Air Force X-37B space plane was supposed to land in December after nine months.
A former astronaut is undergoing a battery of tests to understand how space has changed his eyesight.
The Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft has detected matter from outside our solar system.
Russian space officials have claimed that cosmic radiation was to blame for the demise of Phobos-Grunt.
Calls are being answered for an international code of conduct to govern off-world exploration practices.
NASA has debunked the idea that a triangular shape on a STEREO-B spacecraft image is an alien ship.
Two UFO sightings within the space of a week have been reported over Essex and Chatham.
Celebrated physicist Professor Stephen Hawking has said that he believes we may face nuclear armageddon.