SPACE

Not too bad, but neither very safe, is what an experiment aboard the ISS using humanoid fitted with detectors reveals.

Orion test flight misses launch window following valve issue.

History and interesting facts about the ninth planet from the Sun.

Nasa's Orion flight test will launch on Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Nasa says launch of Orion test flight has been delayed.

Watch livestream of Nasa's Orion flight test launch at Cape Canaveral.

Scientists to hold Asteroid Day to raise awareness of risks of impact.

New Horizons scientist says Pluto mission is like nothing we have ever done before.

Wanderers: An Astrobiological Exploration unveils concept space clothes of the future.

Thursday's [4 December] unmanned test flight of Orion will check the craft's readiness for future manned missions.

Instead of a single massive impact by a large body, a series of smaller impacts could explain how the earth lost its atmosphere.

SpaceX job listing requires 'minimum of 10 years of crop row farming experience' in Texas.

Astronomers detect planet twice as big as Earth orbiting 55 Cancri.

Read the mysterious Japanese folk tale here

A robot that can scale the faces of steep cliffs might one day help explore Mars and find signs of life.

Humans spotted on Mars in 1979?

At a time when irreversible climate change seems a likely prospect because of man, the movie could have done without dwelling on the 'man as conqueror' theme.

DNA able to survive on outer shell of rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

An invisible 'force field' has been discovered 7,200 miles above Earth, protecting the planet from "killer electrons".

Methane and water were produced in a process that turned human waste into useful products.

Astronomers discover invisible shield that blocks "killer electrons" from threatening Earth.

A Nasa astronaut has made the first ever 3D-printed object in space, proving the tech could help ISS.

Commemorating 50 years since Mariner 4 was launched to Mars, Uwingu plans to beam to the planet 90,000 messages from the public using radio telescopes.

Physicist John Brandenberg claims intelligent life on Mars was annihilated by nuclear attacks

European Space Agency's spacecraft to be launched in 2016 is expected to reach Mercury in 2024 and stay in orbit while studying the planet.

Project aims to establish whether food crops can be grown on planets such as Mars or the Moon.

Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside have found thread-like "filaments" in the cosmic web that accelerated the formation of galaxies

An invisible cohesive force seems to be at work in aligning distant quasars and their black holes to others in the universe.

David Iron tells IBTimes UK more about the first ever crowdfunded space mission and its objectives