Astronomers using a telescope, fitted with an optics system developed by Indian researchers and coll...

China has been researching the technical feasibility of exploring Mars and asteroids, a Chinese spac...

The Dawn spacecraft is on target to slip into orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres on Friday after a ...

The hunt for Earth-like planets around distant stars could soon become a lot easier, thanks to a new...

The new research, led by PhD student Tim Bovaird and Associate Professor Charley Lineweaver from The...

A new route to Mars could make manned missions much cheaper, easier and more frequent, according to ...

The planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft which is carrying out a new mission has made its first exoplane...

The ruddy colour of Jupiter's mysterious Great Red Spot is due to the effects of sunlight rather tha...

India on Wednesday made history by successfully placing its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft in...