SPACE

Nasa's Sofia 'Flying Observatory' will enable astronomers to record infrared images of celestial bodies.

Two monster asteroids, named Ceres and Vesta, to have a close encounter in outer space.

Scientists have uncovered 'bullet' asteroid that initiated explosion of life on Earth.

Signals coming from planets orbiting dwarf star debunked by scientists.

The Space Launch System (SLS) is designed to carry Orion spacecraft and Nasa astronauts to Mars by 2021.

New Yorkers are treated to a spectacular light show as a storm hits the city.

Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence programme to hunt for alien life by analysing radio signals.

UFO sightings are becoming more common than ever before – here are some of the most recent sightings.

Did the Apollo 20 mission in 1976 happen, or was it just a hoax?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says Indian Mars mission costs less than Hollywood blockbuster.

Robonaut's design has already inspired Nasa to develop the "Iron-Man" like X1 exoskeleton.

University of Surrey researchers want to send weather balloon with HD cameras up into space.

Nasa announces Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test flight was a success.

Spaceman Reid Wiseman uses social media to show images of the Earth and space to followers.

Angara is designed to give a boost to Russia's space mission.

ESA's Athena Space Observatory will provide leads on formation of galaxies and galactic clusters by operating in the x-ray band of electromagnetic spectrum.

Potentially habitable Super-Earth has been discovered near red dwarf.

University of Oxford and University of Cape Town scientists have found three closely orbiting black holes.

The emission was detected by Nasa's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and XMM Newton satellite controlled by the European Space Agency.

Robert Hogan claims universe should not exist if current models are correct.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researchers have identified coldest, faintest white dwarf star.

China's space agency planning to have rover on Mars by 2020.

Nasa Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) aims to capture an asteroid using a robotic spacecraft, and redirect it into a stable orbit around the moon.

University of Queensland scientists have used photons to simulate quantum particles travelling through time.

Researchers attribute the "magic island" to dynamic geological processes taking place across the northern hemisphere of Titan.

ATLAST is expected to be hundreds of times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope

Vital data such as temperatures, conditions and exposure to varying radiation levels would be closely monitored by Nasa during Orion's December test flight.

SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 comes with better engine capability than its predecessors, and will launch six new satellites into the earth's orbit.

Nasa scientists planning to lasso an asteroid say they have several targets for the Mars 2030 mission.