SPACE

ULA to send flight-ready rocket components from Ultem plastic into space on unmanned flights.

The Lyrid meteor shower, from Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, will peak around 22 and 23 April 2015

Nasa debuts Modular Robotic Vehicle prototype to test future space rovers and autonomous driving

Moon's age dated to 4.47 billion years with stony meteorites from giant impact event.

An unmanned SpaceX rocket blasted off from Florida flipped around and made a hard landing on a platform in the ocean.

Scientists suggest huge Mercury-like body smashed into Earth early in its history.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: 'Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival'.

Electron's primary components are almost all 3D printed and it uses electricity instead of gas propulsion.

Nasa scientists held a news conference to discuss the spacecraft New Horizons as it nears Pluto.

First image of Pluto in colour taken from 71 million miles away ahead of flyby in July.

Discovery of dark matter interacting with itself would open up new realm of physics.

Asteroid 2012 TC4 is up to 40 metres long and could cause huge damage if it hits the earth

Lack of magnetic field on 67P debunks theory of comet formation and evolution.

SpaceX postponed launch of rocket carrying Dragon spacecraft following poor weather conditions.

Dark Energy Survey release first map of dark matter showing clumpy nature.

Experiment aimed at studying effects of microgravity on human physiology.

From a close approach distance of 13,500 km to the planet, Dawn will be able to pick out the details.

Nasa scientists find evidence that brine water exists on surface of Red Planet.

Sixth SpaceX cargo mission to International Space Station at 60% 'go' ahead of launch.

United Nations International Day of Human Space Flight, 12 April, celebrates the first human in space

The perytons accompanying fast radio bursts were a result of energy discharge from ovens.

The International Day of Human Space Flight on 12 April celebrates the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin.

Alien life could thrive on planets without suns in hydrothermal vents below icy layer

United Arab Emirates and France sign memorandum for partnership in space.

These molecules are the building blocks of amino acids and proteins crucial to life as we know.

University of Copenhagen believes massive glaciers are beneath Red Planet's dusty exterior

New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern discusses mission ahead of flyby in July.

The perfect alignment of galaxies relative to Earth resulted in the bending of light to form the image.

Sun undergoes seasonal variability over two years, Nasa scientists discover.