SPACE

New evidence of complex organic molecules have been spotted in the surface of Pluto by the Hubble Space Telescope, a study has found.

As the Martian atmosphere is 10 times thinner than that of the Earth, even small blocks of rock crash into the surface relatively unimpeded, without burning up or breaking up.

The 'twin planet', Kepler-20f, was discovered by the Kepler space telescope. It is the first time a twin has been discovered in another solar system.

A team of researchers and astronomers believe that they have identified the smallest known black hole with the help of the special x-ray pattern, heartbeat.

Twenty seven year old Discovery space shuttle was finally decommissioned. It would now be brought to the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

The debris would hit the Earth's surface sometime between January 6 and 19

A total lunar eclipse will take place on Saturday afternoon.

The NASA Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" has discovered fresh evidence suggesting the red planet once housed flowing water streams.

The news that NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed that Kepler 22-b is the best hope for future human habitation has caused near global excitement.

NASA claims it will build the world's most powerful telescope by 2018.

According to experts, there is a 65 percent rise in the UFO sightings reported over the past two years.

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.