The International Space Station could become a working "machine shop" in space
National Science Foundation scientists using Green Bank Telescope find Milky Way is part of Laniakea.
Small asteroid to come within 25,000 miles of Earth – a tenth of the distance to the Moon.
Japan is launching a new space probe to mine the asteroid 1999 JU3
The Lego board is now reviewing a designer's concept to make NASA's famous telescope into a collectors' toy
Explore Mars has reportedly discovered a new way to detect life on Mars using military technology.
US Department of Energy's Holometer to find out if we live in a 2D hologram.
University College London cosmologists are conducting astronomical surveys to reveal how universe is lit
Nasa Apollo astronauts have described the smell of moondust as being like gunpowder
Five potential landing sites earmarked for first landing on a comet.
The three-engine Falcon 9R rocket broke up in mid-air after an anomaly in its system.
Cosmonauts claim to have found microscopic organisms on the exterior of the International Space Station.
Manufacturer of European Space Agency satellite admits to 'anomaly' in Galileo's orbit
ISS astronaut Reid Wiseman captured northern light display above North America.
Japan has sent Hello Kitty into space for her 40th Anniversary
UFO-spotter claims video footage shows an alien structure on the Moon - but experts are skeptical.
1950 DA asteroid could hit earth in 2880, causing cataclysmic earthquakes and climate change that could destroy human life.
Giant Impact Hypothesis, Fission, Capture and Accretion theories explain moon's origin.
Astrophysicists at Harvard University find discharge line which might be evidence for dark matter.
Experts find asteroid (29075) 1950 DA is only loosely held together by gravity.
The Perseids, broadcast live by Slooh community telescope, will peak between 11 and 13 August
Scientists suggest alternate theory to formation of the Universe in Scientific American.
Google celebrates annual Perseid Meteor Shower, caused by disintegration of Swift-Tuttle comet.
The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak between 11 and 13 August
NASA-backed study finds sleep deprivation and sleeping pill habits are 'pervasive among astronauts'.
A group of scientists have found microbes living in microscopic droplets of water in an asphalt lake
A supermoon event will take place on Sunday 10 August when full moon orbits closest to Earth
Perseids to peak between 11 and 13 August with up to 100 meteors per hour.
Google has added beautiful Nasa photos of the Moon and Mars to Google Earth. Here's how to use it
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft takes first pictures of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko