Nasa's Hubble photo reveals breathtaking beauty of galaxy embracing baby stars 20 million light years away
The spiral galaxy's swirling arms are where new stars are born, whose high temperatures make them shine a bright blue.
Nasa's sun-watching satellite captures incredible photo of a total solar eclipse in space
The total solar eclipse captured by Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), kicked off this year's eclipse season.
Nasa sending space submarine to explore Kraken Mare, the -184°C alien ocean on Titan
The ocean, named Kraken Mare, measures 400,000 sq km and is mainly composed of liquid methane at -184 degrees Celsius.
The Mars-Scotland connection becomes crystal clear thanks to Nasa's Curiosity Rover
Coincidentally, the crystals were discovered at a site on the Red Planet called Jura – named after a small island off the country's west coast.
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Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft makes history by capturing the 'farthest image ever' from Earth
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The new space race has begun - and humans are ramping up plans to set foot on Mars
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Watch: Astronauts play space badminton for the first time ever on the International Space Station
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British hacker Lauri Love escapes extradition to US over FBI and Nasa breach
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Here is how Nasa plans to use the next massive volcanic eruption to tackle global warming
The ash spewing from the volcano could be the key to cooling down our planet and prevent our ozone layer from being damaged.
Watch Nasa conduct hot fire test of 3D-printed engine parts of Space Launch System
The SLS rocket engine is one of the most powerful rockets ever made and can launch a spacecraft into deep space.
New alien planets have just been found outside Milky Way in a galaxy 3.8 billion light years away
Astrophysicists discovered the cluster of extragalactic planets using an astronomical phenomenon called microlensing.
How was Nasa's lost Image satellite found? Mysterious power boost likely helped transmit new signal
The data gathered during the Image spacecraft's five-year mission led to around 40 new discoveries about Earth's magnetosphere and plasmasphere.
Astronauts don't eat enough because food floats in their stomachs
Nasa focuses on encouraging astronauts to eat more in space to reduce dangerous body and bone mass loss in orbit.
100-million-year-old dinosaur and mammal footprints found at Nasa space flight centre
The slab of rock, nearly as big as a dining table, tells how mammals and dinosaurs interacted in the Cretaceous era.
America celebrates 60 years in space: This is our pick of Nasa's greatest triumphs
Sixty years ago, the US launched its first satellite - Explorer I - into space, kick-starting decades of scientific discovery.
Watch Nasa's epic panoramic vista showcasing Mars Curiosity rover's six-year-long mission
The photo is a combination of 16 different shots taken by the Curiosity rover's MastCam imager from a vantage point.
Kessler Syndrome: Here's how we plan to save the world from space debris
The Surrey Space Centre is leading a Europe-wide initiative to tackle a truly global problem through the RemoveDebris mission.
Astronauts could make 'Marmite' from their own faeces
Recycling solid and liquid waste into Marmite and Vegemite "microbial goo" could be the key to lasting food supplies in space.
Nasa Gold: Mission to study the 'intermingling' of outer space and Earth begins
Nasa's Gold mission will learn how charged waves of magnetism and hurricanes down on Earth affect the upper atmosphere.
Nasa's Kepler telescope discovers three 'Super-Earths' orbiting cool dwarf star
The Kepler telescope has so far identified more than 2,300 confirmed exoplanets since beginning operations in 2009.
NASA is set to reveal its plans to send humans to the moon once again - on Trump's orders
The announcement will come two months after Donald Trump signed a new space policy directive instructing Nasa to return to the moon.
Nasa astronauts launch daring spacewalk to fix International Space Station robot arm
Spacewalking Nasa astronauts gave a hand to the International Space Station's big robot arm as the US federal government geared back up into action.
How does space travel affect the eye? Astronauts' retinal nerves found damaged after months in orbit
The finding comes as Nasa continues to prepare for missions to Mars and beyond.
What is shape memory alloy? Nasa tests revolutionary material to make aircraft wings foldable
The light material will also be tested on an F-18 fighter jet to make its wings foldable.
This week in Space: Asteroid flyby, China's space junk zapping laser, invisible black holes and more
From potentially hazardous asteroids to Saturn's moon Titan's incredible similarities to Earth – these are the best space stories of the week.
Is Saturn's moon eerily similar to Earth? Nasa's Cassini finds Titan sea-levels just like our planet
A new study based on data from the Cassini spacecraft reveals that Titan's seas lie at an average elevation, like Earth's oceans.
2002 AJ129: Kilometre-wide 'potentially hazardous' asteroid is hurtling towards Earth
In two weeks' time, a kilometre-wide space rock will skim past the Earth at speeds of around 67,000mph.
Hubble captures the biggest, brightest galaxy cluster in an incredible cosmic shot
The closely-packed group of galaxies is located some 9.7 billion light years away from Earth.
How to deal with space debris? China wants to shoot it down with giant lasers
The laser beams, emitted for a few minutes, would be enough to zap the junk into smaller, less harmful pieces.
The Sahara desert was blanketed with snow after rare winter storm – here are spectacular photos from space
Nasa satellite images show the contrast between the desert sand and flaky snow in breathtaking images from space.
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