space

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

NASA scientist talks about pyramid spotted on Mars.

A rocket blasted off from the ESA base to put a sophisticated Earth-watching satellite into orbit.

Touchdown feels like a car accident

Privately funded space project to demonstrate innovative solar sail passed with flying colours.

"...it's time to go further," says Lin.

Swiss pilot Andre Borscheberg took off in the Solar Impulse 2 from China at 2.39am.

Plans to reform Russia's imploding space industry announced by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

Light from the 4 quasers has taken 10bn years to reach Earth.

The Planetary Society's LightSail project is set to realize Sagan's vision after 40 years.

Blue Origin, a start-up space company owned by Jeff Bezos, launched an experimental suborbital spaceship from Texas.

This confirms that alien life forms are continually entering the Earth's stratosphere from space, researcher tells IBTimes UK.

UK scientists building a space laser which will blast beams of energy to Earth

Former Canadian defence minister spoke about aliens and secret UFO files, recently.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: 'Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival'.

"We know where to look. We know how to look," says NASA scientist

Could it be that alien life forms are trying to contact Earth?

Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly was all smiles as he spoke to earth from the International Space Station.

Did life on Earth really originate on Mars?

The eclipse for 2015 is over and we won't be getting another solar eclipse above the UK until 2026.

New video from hacktivist collective Anonymous claims humanity should 'boldly explore the unknown'.

European Space Agency begins testing a probe designed to explore the Sun in 2020.

Unique case involves actual encounter with "ant-like creatures".

Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge revealed he dreamed of being as astronaut as a child.

The controversial project will announce the 40 successful people later this year.

Astronomers hope to connect with potentially inhabitable planets.

European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) to test automated re-entry systems.

Archaeologists believe the object is man-made.

Comet Lovejoy, C/2014 Q2, discovered in 2014, will make its closest approach to the sun on 30 January.

Comet Lovejoy is off to outer space but will be back in about 10015