SPACE

Virgin Galactic commercial space flights scheduled for this year have been pushed back to March 2015.

Nasa scientists simulate distant planets' atmospheres to find environments best suited to alien life.

Nasa research will help identify signs of life on other planets.

Astronomers at Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo, have found evidence of a blue star using Hubble

Nasa says the solar flare poses no danger to anyone on Earth or the astronauts living aboard the International Space Station.

Scientists at European Southern Observatory in Chile find new planet around star Herbig Be HD 100546

The full Harvest moon is third in series of three supermoons and appeared on 8 September 2014

Study suggests Europa might have giant plates of ice shifting across its surface

NASA's Terra satellite spies eruption hotspots north of Dyngjujokull glacier in Bardarbunga volcano.

The meteorite made a 40-feet-wide crater in a wooded area near the city's airport.

The International Space Station could become a working "machine shop" in space

National Science Foundation scientists using Green Bank Telescope find Milky Way is part of Laniakea.

Small asteroid to come within 25,000 miles of Earth – a tenth of the distance to the Moon.

Japan is launching a new space probe to mine the asteroid 1999 JU3

The Lego board is now reviewing a designer's concept to make NASA's famous telescope into a collectors' toy

Explore Mars has reportedly discovered a new way to detect life on Mars using military technology.

US Department of Energy's Holometer to find out if we live in a 2D hologram.

University College London cosmologists are conducting astronomical surveys to reveal how universe is lit

Nasa Apollo astronauts have described the smell of moondust as being like gunpowder

Five potential landing sites earmarked for first landing on a comet.

The three-engine Falcon 9R rocket broke up in mid-air after an anomaly in its system.

Cosmonauts claim to have found microscopic organisms on the exterior of the International Space Station.

Manufacturer of European Space Agency satellite admits to 'anomaly' in Galileo's orbit

ISS astronaut Reid Wiseman captured northern light display above North America.

Japan has sent Hello Kitty into space for her 40th Anniversary

UFO-spotter claims video footage shows an alien structure on the Moon - but experts are skeptical.

1950 DA asteroid could hit earth in 2880, causing cataclysmic earthquakes and climate change that could destroy human life.

Giant Impact Hypothesis, Fission, Capture and Accretion theories explain moon's origin.

Astrophysicists at Harvard University find discharge line which might be evidence for dark matter.