Scientists are rethinking how to detect alien life by focusing on planets vastly different from Earth. Instead of searching ...

The head of Poland’s space agency was fired over a bungled response to SpaceX debris falling over Polish territory.

Hollywood films would have you believe that the best way to deal with an Earth-threatening asteroid is to blast it out of ...

The Waltz King's Blue Danube was left out of the 'Golden Records' attached to the Voyager probes in the 1970s. The city of ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

Astronomers have developed the first three-dimensional (3D) map detailing the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky ...

The flight was scrubbed on Wednesday night, and the astronauts will return to the launchpad for their trip to the ...

The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.

Sir Richard Branson’s ambitious plans for Virgin Galactic could see space tourists launching from Scottish soil in the near ...

Chinese and foreign astronomers have unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way. This breakthrough will provide critical support for precise ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened a 200% tariff on European wine, Champagne and spirits if the European Union goes forward with a planned 50% tariff on American whiskey. Wine sellers and ...