Nasa has signed an agreement to develop and commercialise a spray to fight motion sickness based on research developed for space flight. The Americ...

Nasa has unveiled a powered robotic exoskeleton, which it hopes will help astronauts stay healthier in space - by making it harder to walk. The spa...

It flew 115 million miles to and from orbit at speeds of up to 17,500mph, but the space shuttle Endeavour's final mission after a 20-year career was ...

Scientists at Nasa and the European Space Agency have unveiled a startling new picture of a planetary nubula. The picture, taken by the Hubble Spac...

The Mars rover Curiosity is preparing to start digging into the soil of the Red Planet in a search for signs of life. Nasa's $2.5bn, one-tonne vehi...

Mars has a new mayor. (On Foursquare). The $2.5bn Curiosity rover took a break from hunting for life on the Red Planet's surface on Wednesday, b...

What does the Earth sound like in space? Well, nothing. There's no air in space, so no sound. Right? Actually... no. There's an awful lot of 'st...

Alien worlds orbiting dead stars may be leaving 'electric trails' in space - and astronomers think they know how to find them. The strange planets ...

Nasa has unveiled a dramatic new view of Saturn's rings. Pictured by the Cassini spacecraft, the near-infrared photograph depicts the layered rings...

A research team has managed to photograph a supermassive black hole as it swallows matter before shooting out particles into deep space. Huge black...

A research team has managed to photograph a supermassive black hole as it swallows matter before shooting out particles into deep space. Huge black...

A new comet has been found which astronomers say may outshine the Moon when it passes close to the Sun next year. The C/2012 S1 comet ('Ison') coul...

Nasa and the European Space Agency have unveiled the deepest view of the universe ever captured. The portrait was assembled using 10 years of data ...

Extraterrestrial microbes might have brought life to Earth after travelling through space for millions of years, say scientists. The theory is base...