A space company based in Tokyo is hoping to create something spectacular and to collect important data at the same time.
Scientists in Japan have found new evidence to suggest that the building blocks of life arrived on Earth from space.
Scientists believe that they have definitively proven that the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua was not an alien spacecraft.
NASA has published images of the spacesuit that astronauts will be wearing when they next set foot on the Moon.
The head of space exploration at the UK Space Agency remains adamant that we are not alone in the universe.
Two Chinese astronauts recently conducted a secretive spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station.
An upcoming space mission will be carrying some rather unusual cargo when it launches in the near future.
Space policy expert Wendy Whitman Cobb takes a look at the modern UFO phenomenon and what we mean by 'UFO'.
The SpaceX CEO and entrepreneur had a few things to say on the subject during the World Government Summit in Dubai.
Astronomers seeking alien 'technosignatures' far out in space have suggested that black holes could be the key.
Despite a few technical hiccups, the mission succeeded in further cementing America's dominance in the space race.
Astronomers at SETI have been using artificial intelligence to aid in their hunt for signs of intelligent alien life.
The space rock passed us by at a distance of 2,200 miles - a fraction of the distance at which some satellites orbit the Earth.
This image taken by an orbiting spacecraft shows a rather familiar visage comprised of natural geological features.
The newly discovered world, which is 41 light-years away, is almost exactly the same size as the Earth.
It has been an eventful year for the space industry, but there's much more to come over the next 12 months.
The European Space Agency is working on a new mission to track down dark matter and find out what it is made of.
A team of physicists has put forward the idea of using the LIGO observatory to look for gravitational waves from alien spaceships.
SpaceX is planning to send a human crew around the Moon in its new Starship spacecraft as early as next year.
Using quantum computers, the researchers simulated a working 'baby' wormhole without rupturing space and time.