Nasa's 'faster than light' warp drive spacecraft has been tentatively code named the IXS Enterprise.
Storm from three X-Class solar flares to disrupt communication systems.
Full moon to appear on Friday 13th in June for first time in almost 100 years.
Best photos of the day: 12 June 2014.
Best photos of the day: 11 June 2014.
Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory captures two huge solar flares bursting from the sun.
Mystery of why dark side of the moon has no face solved by scientists.
The Nasa flying saucer is aimed at inspiring future human expeditions to Mars.
Nasa transmitted the message using its Opals technology.
Sauron's Eye discovered with new Sphere research instrument at ESO
Scientists have found the first of a "theoretical" class of red supergiant and neutron star hybrid
Asteroid 2014 HQ124 is set to fly past Earth just three lunar distances away on 8 June.
How about using the moon for off-planet storage in case anything happens to the Earth?
Asteroid 2014 HQ124 is said to be half a mile wide and can be seen online via Slooh Space Camera
Nasa's Hubble snaps spectacular cosmos image for Ultraviolet Coverage of Hubble Ultra Deep Field study
Astronomers discover planets orbiting star at right distance to have liquid water
Nasa astronaut Greg Wiseman tweets pictures from the International Space Station
Mega-Earth discovered 560 light years away with lava world and 45-day orbit.
Final assembly complete on Nasa's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator project
Swedish artist Mikael Genberg has backing from US technology company and Nasa affiliate Astrobotic.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk unveils the Dragon V2, designed to ferry up to seven astronauts into space.
Nasa's Cassini mission examines atmospheres of exoplanets using Saturn's moon Titan.
Nasa's Human Research Program will study spaceflight effects on human body using identical twins.
Best photos of the day: 29 May 2014.
Nasa's Ellen Stofan wants to sail boat on surface of Titan, but project will take until 2040.
Nasa's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer study of black holes has led to re-examination of doughnut theory.
Best photos of the day: 27 May 2014.
A meteor shower will take place on night of 23 May as Earth passes through debris from Comet 209P/LINEAR.
Nasa has unveiled a 'global selfie' made from over 30,000 photographs collected for an Earth Day campaign in April.
Nasa astronomers observing galaxy from Spitzer Space Telescope observe shadows in cosmic cloud of gas and dust