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.

The observatory is at the centre of a mystery creating a buzz here on Earth.

Elon Musk's company is staying tight-lipped about who bought the ticket until next week.

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".

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.

The impact of farming, forestry and climate change on our lakes is captured from space.

EDITORIAL: Commercial space travel is still a fearful prospect.

Nine Kiwis are booked on Virgin Galactic's space tourism flights moving towards lift-off.

For all its lofty ambitions, SpaceX is yet to put a human in space.

A Kiwi physics experiment has managed to do what decades of international research hasn't.

Unprecedented quest to get closer to the Sun gets off to a good start.

NASA has postponed the historic launch of the first spacecraft to fly towards the Sun.

An unusual formation of lights caused major panic after a mass sighting.

Plan could lead to first new branch of the military in 70 years. But some have concerns.

It turned out to be unlike anything found on Earth and has researchers baffled.

The newly discovered rogue planet is believed to be 12 times as large as Jupiter.

After scrubbed launches Rocket Lab will try again in quick succession later this year.

Meteor struck earth near a US military base, but Air Force has stayed silent on the event.