Rocket Lab's success came after a nervous start.

This useful tool can help you track the Humanity Star as it hurtles through space.

Rocket Lab's successful launch is a venture the country can celebrate.

A man-made star that could become one of the brightest objects in night sky is mortifying.

Top astronomer says NZ's first act as a spacefaring nation "is to vandalise night sky".

Rocket Lab's Peter Beck hopes it will be one of the brightest objects in the night sky

The Humanity Star was delivered into orbit by Rocket Lab's successful launch this month

Rocket Lab has been fielding global messages after its second rocket launch

NASA reveals a makeup kit designed by male engineers for female astronauts in 1978.

We're one big step closer to human colonisation on the Red Planet.

An NZ study will shed fresh light on the mysterious cosmic material we call 'dark matter'.

A report shows strange pulses known as fast radio bursts have become more extreme.

The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun. Video/NASA

Last week saw the "wolf moon". Next up is the "super blue blood moon eclipse".

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai did not grow 9cm - his measurements were out.

Astronaut tweets concerns after a remarkable growth spurt in just three weeks.

Mission - and the agency behind it - remains a mystery.

NASA leads tributes for legendary astronaut John Young.

Futuro spaceship in Warrington Otago attracted 63,389 views on TradeMe in 2017. Credit: Otago Daily Times

Bonnie and Jack, both keen gardeners, share the honours in their Anzac Parade garden.

January is an exciting month for space fans with the possible launch of a very big rocket.

2017 was a tough year for science - but there were some notable breakthroughs nonetheless.

A rejected ring, a spa/boat combo and a spinning spaceship were among the top 10.

Rocket Lab will open a new launch window for a test flight early next year.

Nasa is to fund a mission to hunt for alien life on Saturn's largest moon.

Billionaires may be the future of space policy. Here is what they want from it:

Man who led secret government programme to combat UFO attacks says 'we may not be alone'.

Soon, we will get to see an actual black hole for the very first time.

Space rock whose strange cigar-shape led to speculations it could be an alien spacecraft.

"It accelerated like nothing I've ever seen." Pilots in video released from Pentagon.