SPACE

Eta Aquarid meteor shower to peak on 5 May but will be visible for several days.

The suit, created by ILC Dover, will be tested at Nasa's Johnson Space Center in November 2013.

Dutch astronomers from Leiden University have found a day on exoplanet Beta Pictoris b last 8 hours.

Astronomers warn that method of detecting alien life on other planets can produce false positives.

Nasa has announced the Curiosity Mars rover has drilled another hole into Mars to extract a sample for analysis.

Best photos of the day: 30 April 2014.

Scientists want to see how immune cells change in zero gravity so they can better protect astronauts.

Landscape in Idaho has strong resemblance to amphitheatre canyons of Mars.

Camera phone films suspected unidentified flying object above UK capital.

Nasa's Curiosity Mars Rover has captured the first ever image of giant asteroids Ceres and Vesta from Mars.

An annular solar eclipse will take place on Tuesday 29 April which will transform Sun into 'ring of fire'.

Spitzer and Wise telescopes locate coldest brown dwarf star-like body nearest our solar system

Astronauts say the end is not nigh yet - but major impacts are more common than we thought

Debris flow deposits in crater 'formed by liquid water'

18th-century astronomer Charles Messier thought that it was a nebula, but Messier 5 is actually an ancient star cluster

Researchers argue that imagining the universe as superfluid could help to explain gravity

Televangelist Pat Robertson has predicted that a giant asteroid would hit earth and destroy 'everything'

Space agency joins start-up firm to launch educational toy for children

Nasa image processing technique uncovers Hubble Space Telescope photos of newly formed planets

The blazing PS1-10afx star explosion spotted in 2010 was not as big as previously thought.

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin wants Nasa to send humans to an asteroid rather than 'lasso' a meteor as planned.

A solar eclipse on 29 April 2014 will see 'ring of fire' called an annulus around the silhouette of the moon.

Charles Bolden, current Administrator of Nasa, unveiled 'stepping stones' for the 2030 mission to Mars.

US campaigners for space protection B612 Foundation recorded 26 asteroid strikes on Earth between 2000 and 2013.

University of Washington confirms first "self-lensing" binary star system in KOI-3278.

#GlobalSelfie is part of the Earth Right Now campaign to create an image of Earth.

Rocket deployed cargo ship loaded with vital supplies for astronauts living on space station.

This Ladee's not for turning: £166m lunar explorer obliterated on impact

Rocky planet found by Kepler telescope excites astronomers with water potential