The theoretical physicist and best-selling author on why we should leave planet Earth.

Theoretical physicist, best-selling author and science communicator, Dr Michio Kaku has returned to New Zealand as part of his 'The Future Of Humanity' tour.

Virgin says this week it mated a LauncherOne rocket to a special Boeing 747.

New Zealand wool may be about to go where no human has gone before: deep space.

Important questions loom about which of Paul Allen's assets are likely to be wound up.

NASA's facility in Virginia has been selected as the US launch site.

Star Trek actor William Shatner joked about sending Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's baby into space, as he opened Rocket Lab's new factory in the Auckland suburb of Mount Wellington.

The 87-year-old actor is opening the new centre of Kiwi space exploration.

Between its NZ and US plants, Peter Beck's company is gearing up to make a rocket a week.

Regional hubs and hiring plans abandoned.

Radar to track small satellites and space debris is the first in the Southern Hemisphere.

NASA stands by its contractor, as Musk faces lawsuits and scrutiny.

Japan space agency scientists are thrilled by the images being sent to Earth.

First movements made by any human-made spacecraft across the surface of an asteroid.

A tossed net has managed to capture space junk in orbit-cleanup experiment.

The quirky Yusaku Maezawa showed his more hardnosed side in May, costing a lot of jobs.

Elon Musk has named his first space tourist, but how much does a ticket to the moon cost?

The SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket is scheduled to make the trip in 2023.

Nasa may let companies buy the naming rights to its rockets in 'commercialisation' drive.

New research claims the reason Pluto lost its planet status is "not valid".

New pictures show the hole in the space station had been deliberately drilled.

It is one of the biggest mysteries in the universe - and could be hiding in plain sight.

Life could exist on the huge number of "water worlds" in our solar system.

Hole caused by a small meteorite led to a drop in cabin pressure.

Armstrong and Aldrin going to the moon, marked one of the proudest moments in US history.

Cantabrians reported a loud boom and a blazing light on Monday night.

Incredible images show the fireball lighting up the sky in Canterbury.

Stratolaunch is on a mission to make excursions into the Earth's orbit "routine".

Scientists have found that the universe we live in is not the first one to ever exist.

Asteroid travelling more than 32,400 km/h considered to be a "potential hazardous" object.