SPACE

Martian meteorite crashed in Moroccan desert could hold evidence of life on Red Planet.

Probe sent to explore Pluto and its neighbourhood switched on after nine years covering a distance of 4.8 billion kms.

Slooh Community Observatory will host live stream of Gemini full moon rise on 7 December 2014.

Second attempt went smoothly and Nasa is pleased with the events of the historic flight.

The Geminids meteors will begin on Sunday 7 December and peak on 13 and 14 December

The test flight launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after technical issues initially delayed it.

Theorists are proposing that the lighthouses of the universe, pulsars, when found near a black hole could be the holy grail of gravity.

Nasa's Orion test flight failed to launch on Thursday due to technical issues. Will it succeed today?

Nasa's Orion test flight rescheduled to launch at 12:05pm GMT / 7:05am EST on Friday.

Discussion over Pluto being a planet likely to rear up during New Horizons mission.

By studying the cosmic background radiation left from the time of the Big Bang, the Planck data throws new light on primordial neutrinos and dark matter.

Not too bad, but neither very safe, is what an experiment aboard the ISS using humanoid fitted with detectors reveals.

Orion test flight misses launch window following valve issue.

History and interesting facts about the ninth planet from the Sun.

Nasa's Orion flight test will launch on Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Nasa says launch of Orion test flight has been delayed.

Watch livestream of Nasa's Orion flight test launch at Cape Canaveral.

Scientists to hold Asteroid Day to raise awareness of risks of impact.

New Horizons scientist says Pluto mission is like nothing we have ever done before.

Wanderers: An Astrobiological Exploration unveils concept space clothes of the future.

Thursday's [4 December] unmanned test flight of Orion will check the craft's readiness for future manned missions.

Instead of a single massive impact by a large body, a series of smaller impacts could explain how the earth lost its atmosphere.

SpaceX job listing requires 'minimum of 10 years of crop row farming experience' in Texas.

Astronomers detect planet twice as big as Earth orbiting 55 Cancri.

Read the mysterious Japanese folk tale here

A robot that can scale the faces of steep cliffs might one day help explore Mars and find signs of life.

Humans spotted on Mars in 1979?

At a time when irreversible climate change seems a likely prospect because of man, the movie could have done without dwelling on the 'man as conqueror' theme.

DNA able to survive on outer shell of rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere.