SPACE

Nasa has unveiled a 'global selfie' made from over 30,000 photographs collected for an Earth Day campaign in April.

Nasa astronomers observing galaxy from Spitzer Space Telescope observe shadows in cosmic cloud of gas and dust

Astronomers at a House Science Committee meeting said they will find alien life within the next 20 years

3D printing and virtual reality avatars are helping to bring down satellite production costs.

Research shows large data transfers and high definition video streaming from the Earth to the moon is possible

The Camelopardalid meteor shower from Comet 209P/LINEAR is set to take place for the first time on night of 23 May.

Nasa's Archaeology, Anthropology And Interstellar Communications suggests rock carvings were made by aliens.

Supernova of star 20 times size of Sun observed for first time.

Meteors from Comet 209P/LINEAR can reflect radio waves which can be transmitted through FM reception.

Three volunteers have spent 105 days living in a 500 cubic-metre module cultivating plants to feed themselves.

The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, led by Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will help spacecraft land on Mars.

Methanogens, oldest microorganisms on Earth which do not require oxygen, may thrive on Mars

Scientist claims methods used to discover signal from Big Bang were not applied correctly.

Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope and Cassini spacecraft have captured images of auroras around Saturn.

Best photos of the day: 19 May 2014.

It's one giant leap for can kind, as Japanese sports drink maker sends its Pocari Sweat to the moon.

The Camelopardalid meteor shower will occur on 23/24 May as Earth passes through debris from Comet 209P/LINEAR.

The European Space Agency has taken images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's dusty veil.

Jupiter's Giant Red Spot has shrunk to smallest size ever measured, Nasa confirms.

Rocket carrying Express-AM4R satellite was supposed to provide internet to remote parts of Russia.

600 items from Apollo 1 to Apollo 17, including items used by Neil Armstrong in first moon landing go on auction.

Nasa has released a video depicting the collision of two neutron stars resulting in the creation of a black hole.

Keen UFO watcher Scott Waring has spotted a UFO orbiting Mars in Curiosity Rover photographs.

The Russian deputy PM has announced a ban on US imports of rocket engines, the use of Russian soil for GPS and has pulled out of the International Space Station.

Nasa astronauts start training for mission similar to storyline of Hollywood blockbuster

Rocket tourists to get 50 miles above sea level, 12 miles short of Karman Line boundary of outer space

A robot arm developed in Switzerland could be used in the Clean- mE project to capture space debris.

Saturn will be bright and visible in the sky on 10 May when it aligns with the sun and Earth.

Space agency to send seedlings to moon in 2015 as first stage of plans for Martian greenhouse