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.

Huge asteroid, size of world's tallest building, to hurtle past Earth in two weeks' time.

People in the Far North were treated to some flashy space fireworks late last night.

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'.

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.

In our Science Made Simple series, Dr JJ Eldridge discusses binary stars.

Get ready for a stunning lunar event occurring for the first time in 150 years.

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.

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.

Ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round, so why do so many celebrities think it's flat?

Being in space doesn't mean you miss the latest instalment of the Star Wars movie series.

He says that a broken alien spacecraft would move the same way as the interstellar comet.

A NZ astrophysicist has shed new light on the 'binge-eating' habits of exhausted stars.