First image of Pluto in colour taken from 71 million miles away ahead of flyby in July.
University of Copenhagen believes massive glaciers are beneath Red Planet's dusty exterior
"We know where to look. We know how to look," says NASA scientist
Sun undergoes seasonal variability over two years, Nasa scientists discover.
Tethers Unlimited is developing SpiderFab, an in-space manufacturing system to create large objects in orbit.
Could it be that alien life forms are trying to contact Earth?
Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory conducted spin tests on the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD).
Mercury's dark surface explained by carbon dusting that has covered the planet's surface.
A Mars One finalist says preference is given to candidates who donate the most money, rather than astronauts
Did life on Earth really originate on Mars?
European Space Agency begins testing a probe designed to explore the Sun in 2020.
New maps show how Mars's water reservoirs might have looked billions of years ago.
MIT is designing a device for Nasa that will turn carbon dioxide into oxygen.
The Curiosity rover has scratched beneath the surface to discover that Mars isn't red.
Cosmic dust found in galaxy that formed just 700 million years after Big Bang.
The 20,000 tonnes of Saharan dust enriches plant growth in the Amazon.
At a million km closer to the sun than Mercury, the loner comet's fate as it goes around the sun is unsure.
It is a massive increase on the 1 foot that it rose in the previous century
The tall ship sized object was spotted through Nasa's Helioviewer.
The 25-year-old snap taken by Voyager 1 showed the Earth as a pale blue dot in the vastness of space.
Time-lapse video shows five years of images taken by Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Archaeologists believe the object is man-made.