NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has baffled experts after it started sending back encoded data messages.
A vast interstellar cloud has been discovered that can produce massive stars that completely dwarf our own sun.
In tribute to Isaac Newton a piece of the original tree from which an apple fell on his head is being flown in to space.
NASA are conducting a mock space mission by sending astronauts to live and work in an undersea science station.
Russian politician Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has claimed to have been taken on board a spaceship by aliens in yellow suits.
A new tractor beam technology based on laser thruster engines could be used to clear space debris from orbit.
The date for the last ever Space Shuttle flight has been pushed back to November, officials have said.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed an extrasolar planet with a peculiar lack of methane.
20 years ago today the Hubble Space Telescope was launched and became our window to the universe.
President Obama has renewed the country's committment to manned space program in a speech on Thursday.
NASA is planning a whole new generation of robotic space missions to the moon and beyond.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will take new close up pictures of Titan and Dione in a fly-by next week.
Six volunteers will soon be spending over a year in a simulated Mars spaceship as part of an experiment.
A new device called the CubeSail has been developed to tackle space debris by dragging it out of orbit.
The UK's own space agency has been launched and will take over responsibility for the country's space activities.
In a major step towards the dream of commercial spaceflight SpaceShip Two's maiden test flight was a total success.
In something straight out of science fiction a new space age force-field type armour is being developed by scientists.
The Chinese space agency are planning several new endeavours in the near future including their own space station.
NASA and the European Space Agency have drawn up plans for a mission to Jupiter and Europa in 2020.
New research has revealed that a giant space rock may have exploded over Antarctica thousands of years ago.