The iron-rich asteroid 16 Psyche is so valuable that, if mined, it would collapse the global economy.
Following its groundbreaking flyby of Pluto, the probe is now on its way to another Kuiper Belt object.
Far from being a modern phenomenon, antibiotic-resistant microbes have existed for millions of years.
Symbols found at Gobekli Tepe seem to confirm that a comet struck the Earth in the year 10,950 B.C.
Researchers have found evidence of microbes surviving up to six miles beneath the Mariana Trench.
NASA's long-lived Cassini spacecraft will soon begin its first in a series of final orbits around Saturn.
A new radar technique has made it possible to locate a derelict spacecraft in orbit around the Moon.
In a remarkable breakthrough, microbes trapped inside cave crystals have been brought back to life.
Ashley Glawe ended up in the emergency room after her pet snake got stuck in a rather peculiar place.
A new study has added weight to the idea that microbes can survive in the harsh conditions on Mars.
NASA has released a new video recreating the Huygens probe's historic touchdown on Saturn's moon Titan.
Scientists are keen to launch a mission to Venus to investigate mysterious dark streaks in its clouds.
Professor Stephen Hawking has teamed up with NASA to design and develop an interstellar nano-starship.
Scientists have put together a reconstruction of what the famous Scottish king would have looked like.
Scientists have finally determined exactly what caused the Schiaparelli probe to crash-land on Mars.
A new investigation has revealed that the Beagle 2 Mars probe actually did land on Mars successfully.
If an astronaut dies in space, could their body eventually go on to spread microbes to other planets ?
ESA's two-part ExoMars spacecraft is comprised of both the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Schiaparelli lander.
Three British physicists have been awarded a Nobel Prize for their work on strange forms of matter.
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has gone out in a blaze of glory by deliberately colliding with comet 67P.