


It contains great symbolic and social value.

NASA has finally explained what these strange holes in the sky actually are.

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano found himself in a scary situation when on a spacewalk.

One astrophotographer has managed to capture an astounding moment on the Sun's surface.

The strange object is capturing all of our attention.

He fell faster than the speed of sound.

Let's just say the Sun will die in a particularly dramatic way.

It's thought to be the first detailed image of the Moon ever snapped.

The spacecraft travelled 314 million miles over a period of nearly seven months to get to its destination when it was launched in 2020.

If it's successful it will be the first US Moon landing since the final mission of the Apollo programme more than five decades ago.

Would you be up to the challenge?

She's turned away from fame to space.

It could transform the way we generate solar energy.

It looks like Elon Musk has some pretty ambitious plans for Mars.

NASA astronaut Leland Melvin had an unusual experience on one of his space missions.

The solar maximum is approaching.

If you saw the ISS, it would be gone in a flash.

It turns out even Mars isn't safe from all our trash.

They're highly skilled and take on dangerous missions - so you'd expect astronauts would take home a healthy salary.

It's regarded as the loneliest place in the world.

Astronomers are banding together to warn NASA against lunar exploitation.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield demonstrates the unique physics of crying in space, and whether tears can fall.

A U.S. state is ambitiously expanding its tourism demographics by sending a visitor brochure to extra terrestrials in outer space.

Black holes are thought to be the result of stars exploding - and now scientists might have witnessed it actually happen.