SPACE

More than 50,000 new objects in Milky Way recorded in latest image of our galaxy.

ESO's VLT finds massive double star just 12 million km from one another.

KIC 8462852 found to be dimming, confusing scientists

Theoretical study suggests just 8% of the potentially habitable planets that will form have already.

Rain and wind predicted on the same night that the Orionid meteor shower will be at its peak.

Obama calls International Space Station ahead of Astronomy Night at the White House.

Nasa to post images of Earth from one million miles away every day.

Asteroid measuring up to 2,000ft in diameter to pass Earth at 310,000 miles on 31 October.

Orionid meteor shower, from Comet Halley, will peak around 21 October 2015.

An unmanned lander will be sent to the moon by 2020 to assess practicality of lunar base.

Leaked congressional report reveals fears of counterspace weapons targeting US satellites.

Spacecraft Cassini obtained the images during its flyby on 14 October.

Astronomers struggle to explain bizarre activity near a distant star 1,465 light-years from Earth.

National Air Traffic Control Service tests breakthrough drone technology.

The aurora borealis, or northern lights, will be visible in Britain over the next few weeks.

These photos of Australia taken by Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly look like abstract paintings.

The end's NOT nigh: Asteroid 86666 (2000 FL 10) will miss earth by 16 million miles, Nasa confirms

Nasa has released an ambitious plan that details its 'Journey to Mars'.

NASA released 'gorgeous' colour images of Pluto's blue atmospheric hazes, returned by the New Horizons probe.

Dr Alan Stern was referring to a weekly image and science release

Nasa's principal investigator for its New Horizons mission has said that an announcement is coming

Fast moving wave-like features seen in disk of star are not like anything ever observed before.

Draconid meteor shower, called the Draconids or the Giacobinids, will take place on 8 and 9 October.

Video shows ISS crew members juggle oranges, apples and first aid kits while weightless.

More than 8,000 previously unseen photos from the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s shared online.

The hi-res photos of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, were taken by the New Horizon spacecraft.

Space agencies preparing for the possibility of an asteroid being on a collision course with Earth.

University of Copenhagen researchers are exploring the possibility of growing moss on the Red Planet.

A conical shelter made from ice has won the coveted $25,000 prize for Nasa's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge.