SPACE

The private space tourism firm's second spacecraft model has been bestowed the name VSS Unity.

Video was shot by British astronaut Tim Peake and first shared on Twitter.

Scientists simulate black holes that could cause the general theory of relativity to collapse.

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will search for dark matter and planets outside our solar system.

Amateur sleuths can scan the Earth from their computers or phone apps in scientific hunt for ruins.

Chinese authorities to pay residents 12,000 yuan to move from the site of world's largest radio telescope

If you stray too close to a black hole, then you will stretch out, just like spaghetti.

Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence to hold conference on communicating with aliens in May.

Underground dark matter experiment means there is a good chance we 'see something' by 2019.

Writing gives a glimpse of the mission crewed by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

Theoretical physics may seem pointless, but it has changed society and continues to do so.

ESA bids farewell to Philae lander just over a year after historic comet landing.

Mission could uncover way of stopping a meteor strike similar to one that ended dinosaurs.

Physicist says scientists behind gravitational wave discovery will likely be in the running for the Nobel Prize.

Scientists announce detection of gravitational waves 100 years after Einstein predicted their existence

Scientists expected to announce the discovery of gravitational waves.

US reconnaissance agency satellite left earth on a classified mission but who or what is it looking at?

Roland Miller's photographs show deserted American space facilities that played a crucial role in space exploration.

Nasa posters promote travel to Mars, Jupiter and Venus and moons Titan and Europa.

British astronaut films the stunning time-lapse of Earth while on board the International Space Station.

LIGO scientists are set to announce discovery of gravitational waves.

Events, sponsors and questions – watch the press conference for Asteroid Day at 2pm GMT from the Netherlands.

Seoul confirms satellite achieved orbit, although it is unclear if device is functioning properly.

Nasa is using Unreal Engine 4 and working with MIT and game developers to create the Mars 2030 Experience.

Tim Peak intends to live tweet while the game is streamed live to the International Space Station.

Our neighbour Andromeda has probably been dead for billions of years - is the Milky Way the same?

The average distance of the Moon from the Earth, by comparison, is 238,555 miles.

You have until August 2016 to join 'a simple response' as encrypted messages will be sent into space.

Unusual formations of mineral deposits virtually identical to ones formed by life on Earth.