SPACE

The low-cost probe has around 2000 screws that hold its vital systems together.

Computer simulation of impact of small size asteroids in the oceans, suggest inundation of coastal cities.

Scientists create simulation of galaxies to study 14 billion years of universe history.

Comet Lovejoy to appear in night's sky throughout January.

The progress of a lettuce from seed to plant on Mars will be watched from Earth.

The instrument works like a cantilever and has been tested on soil and water.

Winners of some of the year's biggest photography competitions.

Exoplanet experts to meet to discuss how to best seek out alien worlds over next 20 years.

From the Mars orbit insertion to the launch of its heaviest rocket, India's space saga during the year has been impressive.

Incredible image of the sun taken with high-energy X-rays.

Astronaut Alexander Gerst's images from the ISS made into time-lapse video.

A series of amazing time-lapse videos of Earth have been released by the European Space Agency.

Bigger payloads and frequent launches to Mars could be possible with the new technique.

Detection of galaxy Kks3, the second dwarf galaxy seen so far, could mean our neighbourhood is not as empty as thought to be.

European Space Agency launches first ever asteroid impact exercise.

21 December winter solstice to mark the shortest day of the year and countdown to spring.

The new planet is larger in size than Earth and smaller than Neptune.

Surface of Venus is harsh and unlivable but up in the skies the advantages over Mars are many.

Star 100 times bigger than the Sun is approaching detonation point, sparking apocalypse theories.

Ursids meteor shower, from comet 8P/Tuttle, will begin on 17 December and peak on 22 or 23 December.

Christmas lights photographed by satellites shows effect of holidays on light intensity.

Spikes in calcium led astronomers to study possibility of meteor showers on Mercury caused by comet debris.

A shock wave first encountered by Voyager 1 in February continues to propagate outwards, shows data from craft.

Nuclear research in the lab hints at exotic isotopes found in star dust left after the death of a star.

Possible signal of dark matter detected from Andromeda and Perseus galaxies found by European scientists.

Applications created by British school children will be used on Raspberry Pi computers on board the International Space Station

Ancient volcanic rocks from India suggest a major eruption around 66 million years ago could have done the damage for dinosaurs.

Don Pettit's images of star trails, Earth and the upper atmosphere from the ISS are a sight to behold.

A study of the hydrogen isotopes in water suggests water on earth was not delivered by comets from the Kuiper belt, but probably by asteroids.