The company earlier said the launch would only go ahead in ideal weather conditions.

Conspiracy theorists claim it's the "best evidence" for extra-terrestrials ever recorded.

Pics were snapped of the supermoon rising from a Statue of Liberty replica and London Eye.

Former English teacher has swapped the classroom for the stars.

Three supermoons are coming to our skies in what Nasa describes as a 'supermoon trilogy'.

Meteorologist Ciaran Doolin said a clear night was forecast most of the country.

An Auckland primary is again set to send a teddy bear into space and break two records.

It's not the first contact predicted by movies, but is there "alien life" on the ISS?

Asteroid named after Greek demi-god Phaethon, who 'almost destroyed Earth'.

MX-1E could be the future of space exploration.

Branson is now eyeing the military market.

As far as alien planets go, this one's ideal and it's right next door.

Russian man who could talk just months after his birth claims to have lived on Mars.

The earth is coming to a fiery end, and we're to blame says Stephen Hawking.

No longer a thing of science fiction, Professor Brian Cox talks about our next steps as a civilisation.

Popular astrophysicist Professor Brian Cox believes we could be mining in space very soon

It's no longer monkeys or dogs, but lots of animals still get sent into space.

Daydreaming isn't necessarily a bad thing - and may be a sign you're smart and creative.

Glowing orb over Siberia skies evoked cries of 'aliens', but real cause more disturbing,

UFO hunters are convinced that they have spotted an alien mothership on Mars.

Strange object spotted plunging around our Sun could be our first interstellar visitor.

Geomagnetic storms could be corroding underground pipes, researchers say.

Nasa buries used satellites by crashing them into a remote region near New Zealand.

Before we settle Mars, we must return to the caves.

Only no one knows where it's going to hit.

This animation captures phenomena observed over the course of nine days following the neutron star merger known as GW170817. Video / NASA

It began as a cosmic collision but ended in a chirp in an underground laboratory.

Millionaire Robert Bigelow has the money, question is, will NASA go for it?

The Montreal-based manufacturer is studying the disposal of assets.

Scientists have picked up cosmic waves created by the collision of two neutron stars.