NASA

Grunsfield said: 'We are on the cusp of being able to answer [whether we are alone or not]'

Sean Martin Jul 29, 2015

Nasa recently delivered super high-definition cameras to the International Space Station.

Sean Martin Jul 28, 2015

UFO enthusiasts claim to have spotted a massive alien spacecraft, around the size of the US state of Idaho, near the sun.

Kabita Maharana Jul 25, 2015

The planet now known as Earth 2.0 is 1,400 light years away from Earth

Orlando Crowcroft Jul 24, 2015

The second range is shorter at 1.5km to the earlier one to the south of the Tombaugh region.

Jayalakshmi K Jul 24, 2015

Scientists believe the planet has conditions allowing development of life.

Tom Porter Jul 23, 2015

A report from Nasa and NexGen Space LLC looks at the feasibility of a lunar base

Sean Martin Jul 23, 2015

Taken from 1.6 m kms by the EPIC camera, it shows the planet against the backdrop of space.

Jayalakshmi K Jul 22, 2015

Asteroid 2011 UW-158, which recently flew past Earth, has a platinum core.

Sean Martin Jul 20, 2015

Pluto has a mysterious energy source that churns up its surface, say Nasa scientists.

Fiona Keating Jul 19, 2015

Vast mountains of ice and evidence of geological activity have been discovered on dwarf planet Pluto.

Yasmin Kaye Jul 15, 2015

High resolution images of the icy dwarf planet captured during the flyby set to reach Earth.

Karthick Arvinth Jul 15, 2015

Curiosity finds rocks on Mars similar to those in Earth's oldest continental crust.

Hannah Osborne Jul 13, 2015

Scientists said they were excited about the new images of Pluto being received by New horizons spacecraft.

Adam Justice Jul 13, 2015

Reports suggest that a German parliamentary department had been investigating extraterrestrial objects.

Arjun Varma Jul 12, 2015

Ahead of upcoming flyby, the image has a 27 km per pixel resolution.

Jayalakshmi K Jul 11, 2015

Can the aerospace industry solve sonic boom, price and efficiency to make supersonic jets worth it?

Mary-Ann Russon Jul 10, 2015

Four veteran astronauts were chosen to work with the two companies on their trips to the International Space Station.

Nicole Rojas Jul 09, 2015

Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft reveals closest image of dwarf planet Pluto with a big heart-shaped area.

Maria Khan Jul 09, 2015

'We know that on Earth opals like these are often formed in and around hot springs.'

Sean Martin Jul 08, 2015

US Air Force and Department of Defense want Mach 5 planes that are twice as fast as Concorde.

Mary-Ann Russon Jul 07, 2015

The minor glitch led to the loss of a mere 1% observations.

Jayalakshmi K Jul 07, 2015

'Although we have only detected five the predicted numbers are huge'

Sean Martin Jul 06, 2015

Nasa says it may take days to restore the probe to its original flight path.

Jayalakshmi K Jul 05, 2015

Three crew members manning the International Space Station (ISS) awaiting urgent supplies of fuel, oxygen, food and equipment.

William Watkinson Jul 04, 2015

Supernova the size of the city to meet one of the brightest stars in the galaxy.

Hannah Osborne Jul 03, 2015

Quantum dot spectrometers in smartphones could diagnose skin diseases and track vital signs.

Anthony Cuthbertson Jul 03, 2015

Nasa's mission to Mars is just the first step towards making humanity a multi-planet species.

Anthony Cuthbertson Jul 01, 2015

1,000 qubit processor calculates more possibilities than there are particles in the universe.

Anthony Cuthbertson Jun 29, 2015

Unmanned Dragon cargo ship disintegrates 2 minutes into flight and falls into ocean.

Mark Piggott Jun 28, 2015