SPACE

The signal was transmitted over an unprecedented 1,200 Kms using Micus, a quantum communication satellite that China launched last August.

Musk hopes nearly one million people will have visited Mars in the next 100 years.

The mission entails launching a space observatory from the Baikonur Cosmodrome next year.

We're getting one step closer to The Martian.

The event will allow viewers to glimpse stunning close-ups of the sun ahead of the August solar eclipse.

The image shows a view of Saturn-facing hemisphere of Iapetus.

Nasa's rocket will shoot out clouds of red, blue and green into space, which could be seen from Earth.

Nasa has discovered 10 potentially hazardous space rocks in the past year.

Jupiter's core grew a lot within just 1 million years of the solar system's formation.

Humans may find microbial life beyond Earth within the next 10-15 years but it may not be intelligent.

Scientists have estimated the mass of the white dwarf star Stein 2051 B.

The 12 were selected from over 18,000 applicants for the dream job.

The air force says it is embracing commercial space launchers to cut down costs.

The galaxies shine 10,000 times brighter than the Milky Way.

The study also helped explain discrepancies between techniques to measure how fast the universe is expanding.

What happens when the largest gravitationally bound structures in the universe collide?

Axiom Space plans to build the first privately funded and operated space station.

The fire experiments were conducted within Earth-orbiting spacecraft carrying ISS trash.

KELT-9b is about 4,300 C and as hot as a red dwarf star.

Until now only the US, Russia and China have conducted manned missions to space.

Astronauts Oleg Novitskiy and Thomas Pesquet successfully landed on Earth.

The mission will involve conducting experiments aboard the ISS that might help boost future human exploration to distant space bodies.

Moon Express will be the first private company to attempt the landing.

From robots doing surgery to invisible braces, these innovations are thanks to the space industry.

LIGO are hoping that next they will be able to detect gravitational waves from neutron stars.

What Nasa learns from the unprecedented journey will revolutionise the way we travel in space.

The planet's existence may be confirmed in September if another stellar eclipse occurs.

The life portrayed in the movie The Martian would be pleasant compared to what awaits the planet's first settlers.

The Dragon spacecraft was first sent to the orbiting space station back in September 2014.