SPACE

Methanogens, oldest microorganisms on Earth which do not require oxygen, may thrive on Mars

Scientist claims methods used to discover signal from Big Bang were not applied correctly.

Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope and Cassini spacecraft have captured images of auroras around Saturn.

Best photos of the day: 19 May 2014.

It's one giant leap for can kind, as Japanese sports drink maker sends its Pocari Sweat to the moon.

The Camelopardalid meteor shower will occur on 23/24 May as Earth passes through debris from Comet 209P/LINEAR.

The European Space Agency has taken images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's dusty veil.

Jupiter's Giant Red Spot has shrunk to smallest size ever measured, Nasa confirms.

Rocket carrying Express-AM4R satellite was supposed to provide internet to remote parts of Russia.

600 items from Apollo 1 to Apollo 17, including items used by Neil Armstrong in first moon landing go on auction.

Nasa has released a video depicting the collision of two neutron stars resulting in the creation of a black hole.

Keen UFO watcher Scott Waring has spotted a UFO orbiting Mars in Curiosity Rover photographs.

The Russian deputy PM has announced a ban on US imports of rocket engines, the use of Russian soil for GPS and has pulled out of the International Space Station.

Nasa astronauts start training for mission similar to storyline of Hollywood blockbuster

Rocket tourists to get 50 miles above sea level, 12 miles short of Karman Line boundary of outer space

A robot arm developed in Switzerland could be used in the Clean- mE project to capture space debris.

Saturn will be bright and visible in the sky on 10 May when it aligns with the sun and Earth.

Space agency to send seedlings to moon in 2015 as first stage of plans for Martian greenhouse

MIT/Harvard-Smithsonian scientists show 13 billion years of history in six minute YouTube video.

Astronomers from the University of Utah have discovered a hypervelocity star LAMOST–HVS1.

Best photos of the day: 8 May 2014.

Secondhand Cold War era Vozvrashchayemyi Apparat capsule and spacesuits under the hammer at Brussels auction house

A Nasa scientist believes that the answer to saving planet earth is not environmentalism but orbiting solar power stations and mining asteroids.

Expert says people lack knowledge and preparation for extraterrestrial intelligence

Meteor shower peaking on 23 and 24 May has potential to produce 1,000 meteors per hour

See the world spin in HD by tuning into the High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment aboard ISS.

Nasa astronomers reveal possible oceans and layers of Jupiter's moon Ganymede that may support primitive life.

Eta Aquarid meteor shower to peak on 5 May but will be visible for several days.

The suit, created by ILC Dover, will be tested at Nasa's Johnson Space Center in November 2013.