SPACE

Spacecraft will enter Mars' orbit before touching down on the planet at around 3.45pm BST on Wednesday.

The spacecraft was reported to have entered its designated orbit following the launch from Gobi desert.

Mission will bring China closer to establishing a permanent orbital outpost.

New model of cosmology reveals the physics of the universe before the Big Bang.

Boundaries and regulations are necessary to nations - why should 'astropolitics' be any different?

Space Nation will see Asgardia satellite launched in autumn 2017.

Scientists have come up with new simulations to explain how the satellite's large Stickney crater was formed.

Images captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft suggest new craters form quickly.

The Intellectual Property Office has published Shawyer's application featuring novel superconducting end plates.

The outgoing president has vowed to work closer with private companies to get humans to Mars – and back – safely.

Exposure to cosmic rays during deep space travel may damage the brains of astronauts.

Hurricane Matthew's casualties were spread across three different states.

Simulations of the exoplanet's composition and radius show that it might harbour a large ocean.

On 7 October, the celestial event will be observed by astronomy enthusiasts around the world.

Spacecraft descended to surface of comet in 'collision manoeuvre' 16 years after launch from Earth.

Rosetta was launched in 2004 and a decade later saw Philae land on the surface of a comet.

Swedish Association for Sexuality Education makes promotional video encouraging recognition of condoms.

The billionaire and founder of SpaceX wants to cut the price of future travel to the Red Planet.

Claudius Gros wants to send a box full of microbial lifeforms to kick start evolution.

Hubble telescope images indicates a global saline ocean beneath its icy shell.

Space agency set to unveil findings from images of Jupiter's moon taken by Hubble Space Telescope.

Maps of light from just after the Big Bang show the universe is, in all likelihood, directionless.

Space agency to host conference on Monday 26 September to announce new findings from Jupiter's icy moon.

International collaboration is central to the future of human space exploration – that and imagination.

European Space Agency's Space for Innovation conference was held at the Science Museum in London.

Scientists propose swarm of comets and planetoids is also causing light dips around another undiscovered star.

The Space Studies Institute is to hold a conference in Colorado discussing breakthroughs in space propulsion.

The European space probe will be crashed into a comet next week.

As the Full Harvest Moon rises rises in the sky, a penumbral eclipse will be visible.