SPACE

ESA bids farewell to Philae lander just over a year after historic comet landing.

Mission could uncover way of stopping a meteor strike similar to one that ended dinosaurs.

Physicist says scientists behind gravitational wave discovery will likely be in the running for the Nobel Prize.

Scientists announce detection of gravitational waves 100 years after Einstein predicted their existence

Scientists expected to announce the discovery of gravitational waves.

US reconnaissance agency satellite left earth on a classified mission but who or what is it looking at?

Roland Miller's photographs show deserted American space facilities that played a crucial role in space exploration.

Nasa posters promote travel to Mars, Jupiter and Venus and moons Titan and Europa.

British astronaut films the stunning time-lapse of Earth while on board the International Space Station.

LIGO scientists are set to announce discovery of gravitational waves.

Events, sponsors and questions – watch the press conference for Asteroid Day at 2pm GMT from the Netherlands.

Seoul confirms satellite achieved orbit, although it is unclear if device is functioning properly.

Nasa is using Unreal Engine 4 and working with MIT and game developers to create the Mars 2030 Experience.

Tim Peak intends to live tweet while the game is streamed live to the International Space Station.

Our neighbour Andromeda has probably been dead for billions of years - is the Milky Way the same?

The average distance of the Moon from the Earth, by comparison, is 238,555 miles.

You have until August 2016 to join 'a simple response' as encrypted messages will be sent into space.

Unusual formations of mineral deposits virtually identical to ones formed by life on Earth.

The video shows how magnetic field lines shoot off the powerful star, with some looping back towards the surface.

Stephen Hawking talks about black holes as part of the BBC's Reith lectures.

The demonstration was part of an effort to teach school children about space.

The US calls the plans an "egregious violation" of a UN ban on missile launches by the DPRK.

Satellite images of eight wetlands – areas of land that are permanently or seasonally saturated with water.

It is the first time since 2005 that five planets of the solar system are to be visible to the naked eye.

The SpaceX CEO says he hopes to put people on Mars by 2025

Nasa's rover is currently examining sand samples in the Namib Dunes near Mount Sharp

Most tolerant species on Earth withstood Mars-like pressure and temperature conditions on space station.

Recently discovered Babylonian tablet served as key to show how they tracked Jupiter 2,000 years ago.

In 1986, NASA's Space Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center, exploding 73 seconds later due to technical malfunctions