SPACE

A piece of space debris will hurtle towards Earth on 13 November

V774104 is less than half the size of Pluto, but about three times more distant.

Earth-like exoplanet discovered with surface temperature of around 260C but with signs of atmosphere.

Nasa study suggests Phobos is showing early signs of structural failure and will eventually be pulled apart.

Professor Hawking had been due to describe the nature of black holes at Cambridge University.

Nasa is officially looking for new astronauts and accepting applications from December 2015 onwards.

New Horizons probe finds what scientists believe are volcanoes several km high.

WT1190F will crash into Earth on 13 November

Seti astronomers do not find radio signals coming from 'alien megastructure' system KIC 8462852.

Indian astronomers at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics used the largest radio telescope to make the discovery.

Timothy Peake is set to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station.

The Kagra telescope will be fully functional by 2017.

'The water in your body turns into vapour beneath your skin.'

Solar wind gradually stripped away the Red Planet's once-rich upper atmosphere, research reveals.

Nasa to make second major announcement about Mars following liquid water 'discovery'.

Professor Brian Cox discusses possibility of advanced alien civilisation harnessing energy from KIC 8462852.

Time-lapse video shows ultra high-resolution images of sun's surface.

Nasa is calling for applications for its future missions.

Scientists measure force of interaction between antiprotons for the first time.

Social media users in north-western China share images of mystery clouds.

The EmDrive is the invention of British scientist Roger Shawyer.

Sepia signal receiver designed to detect water in outer space.

The Taurid meteor shower, from Comet Encke, will peak from 5 November.

A dashcam in eastern Chonburi province, Thailand, captured a green fireball, believed to be a burning meteor.

The space station has helped conduct more than 1,700 research studies by more than 200 people.

Weird glow from early universe could be another universe mixing with our own, scientists say.

'Giant Pumpkin' Halloween asteroid to be seen in unprecedented levels of detail by Nasa.

Roscosmos announces plans for lunar mission in 2029 with future goal of creating a base on the Moon.

Scientists surprised to find abundant oxygen in the gas cloud surrounding comet 67/P.