SPACE

Moon's lopsided dust cloud gets denser during meteor showers like Geminids.

Theoretical physicist says we would not notice if Earth was captured by a black hole.

We can't even agree on a definition of what life detection is, says John Grunsfeld

Scientists propose antenna that would maintain communication with hypersonic flights.

'The availability of methane and hydrogen is critical to the potential of the Martian crust as a habitat'

Watch live stream of 2015 Astrobiology Science Conference in Chicago online.

Scientists are currently looking for alien life on Mars and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn

Heightened geomagnetic activity could be affecting people with autoimmune diseases.

Nasa unveils 4K Ultra High-Definition video from the International Space Station.

This is the second contact after seven months of hibernation.

Philae which is resting on comet 67P has woken up from a seven-month slumber.

Pictures of Pluto show dwarf planet has very bright and very dark terrain.

"[We'd go] up at about four bombs per second all the way to Mars and then to Jupiter and Saturn"

Molecules that absorb light were believed to be rare on hot planets.

Terry Virts, Samantha Cristoforetti and Anton Shkaplerov touched down safely aboard a Russian Soyuz

Eva Lovia and Johnny Sins hope to film space porn via PornHub's "space sexploration" programme.

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

The ALMA array helped discern the image obtained from gravitational lensing of a distant galaxy.

The span of the Phoebe ring is 30% more than believed earlier.

Conspiracy theorists and religious sects claim world will end between 22 - 28 September.

University of Alabama Huntsville system, previously funded by Nasa, has received its first patent

The project will see a swarm of satellites deployed in low orbit around the planet.

Earhart poses with her Lockheed Electra shortly before her plane vanished during her bid to circle the globe

Nasa's test run of a Mars landing system came to a quick end when the saucer-shaped vehicle's parachute tore away.

'If you were to detect a Seti … it would be from a machine and not an organic creature.'

Study looks at the link between volcanoes and plate tectonics.

LightSail successfully deploys in first test of solar-powered space travel.

Adeline enables the lower section of a rocket launcher to detach and fly back to Earth as a drone

'The construction of a station on the moon would trigger a huge surge of technological innovation'