SPACE

NASA has released a list of recently discovered planets and moons that could possibly support life, with two of them meeting its exact criteria for habitability.

A team of U.S. scientists has recently discovered the two largest “supermassive” black holes known to science, according to the journal Nature.

The mission is expected to operate for at least 1 Martian year (668 Martian sols/686 Earth days) as it explores with greater range than any previous Mars rover.

Moscow has launched a team of Space Defence Troops, a combat arm of air, space and missile defence commands.

The Scotland Yard is understood to have spoken to the Civil Aviation Authority over the use of small radio controlled devices in order police the mega event.

The new map, from Arizona State University in Tempe, using the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Wide Angle Camera and the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) instrument can now accurately portray the shape of the entire moon at high resolution.

A new experiment appears to provide further evidence that neutrinos can travel faster than light, contradicting Einstein's theory that underpins modern thinking of how the universe works.

A body of water as big as North America's Great Lakes on Jupiter's moon Europa may provide a habitat for life, scientists believe.

Astronomers have discovered two clouds of gas in the same state as they were in just moments after the Big Bang.

A Russian made space craft set to carry life to Mars' mysterious Phobos moon has suffered an engine failure, leaving it stranded in Earth's orbit.

Adding to the country's list of space bungles, a Russian space craft designed to collect rock and dust samples from a Martian moon has flown of course just minutes after being launched.

The White House administration have released a statement saying that there is no evidence that extraterrestrials exist, nor that any aliens have ever tried to contact humans.

An asteroid measuring 400-metres wide is set to pass by Earth on Tuesday, closer to it than the Moon.

China's political leadership may be grappling with the flip side of technology after a world-class innovation like its high-speed rail system hit a major road block in terms of safety and security. However, China's space experts have been able to consolidate the country's position as an emerging competitor to the U.S. by means of a couple of success stories of late.

The most likely locations for microbes on Mars to grow were under the surface in wet environments warmed by hydrothermal activity, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.

NASA scientists are monitoring an iceberg the size of New York or Berlin forming over a vulnerable Antarctic glacier which is about to break off.

Six volunteers have spent 520 days in isolation locked in steel tubes to simulate a mission to the Red Planet.

NASA has begun funding research into "tractor beams" in order to gather samples for analysis in future missions.

China is set to launch an unmanned spacecraft on Monday, taking its next step towards its goal of building its first space station by 2020.

A report to be revealed next month says that two different US government satellites were hijacked by hackers on four different occasions between 2007 and 2008.

NASA is tracking the path of an asteroid as it flies past the Earth closer than the moon's orbit on Nov 8.

The defunct German research satellite ROSAT finally fell back to Earth somewhere in Asia over the weekend, but its exact whereabouts remain a mystery.

The defunct German Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) re-entered the Earth's atmosphere either late Saturday or early Sunday, depending on one's location.

NASA have said that the hole in ozone layer above the Antarctica remains significantly large.

Astronomers using the Keck telescope in Hawaii have discovered the youngest planet ever found, capturing it as it was forming around a star.

Sir Richard Branson says the base for his commercial spacecraft will be called the 'Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space'. More than 800 guests witnessed the commercial space crafts WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo fly over southern New Mexico Monday during the dedication ceremonies of Virgin Galactic's new home.

Scientists with NASA's Operation IceBridge are set to embark on its third year of aerial surveys of Antarctica's changing ice cover.

A team of amateur astronomers spotted a previously unknown asteroid about 18 million miles away from Earth.

Astronomers have discovered a cluster of more than two dozen previously unknown brown dwarfs, otherwise known as "failed stars", including one of the puniest of its kind.