Rocket Lab is helping Florida-based Moon Express to win a US$20million prize by flying to the Moon

Stephen Hawking says humanity should be wary of seeking contact with alien civilisation.

It's like one great big distillery up there.

Tiny tardigrades beat even Keith Richards when it comes to indestructibility.

Kiwis were fascinated with the first moon landing but had to wait for delayed TV coverage.

A former Nasa engineer is drawn to NZ by its great qualities.

An engineer who previously worked at Nasa claims UFOs are hiding in the rings of Saturn.

It's possible to tell whether someone's wealthy or not just by looking at their face.

Imagine a storm so vast it could swallow the Earth.

Former America's Cup boat builders have been employed by Rocket Lab.

Former Team New Zealand boat builders are now making rocket ships.

Conspiracy theory that a child-trafficking ring is operating in secret on the planet.

UCOL design student says his gaming apps 'give possibilities and hope'.

Nasa's Curiosity rover has snapped a photo of a mysterious object on the surface of Mars.

Mysterious celestial body may be lurking in the far-flung reaches of the solar system.

Recent discoveries in our solar system and beyond have increased hopes of alien life.

COMMENT: Unravelling the secrets is much more important than just getting there first.

Nasa scientists are preparing to lift off from their flying observatory from Christchurch.

Launched in 2009, the Kepler space telescope is our first mission capable of identifying Earth-size planets around other stars. Source: NASA's Ames Research Center

Nasa has identified 219 new exoplanet candidates - and 10 could be habitable.

We're using the wrong month - and calendar - to celebrate Matariki, two academics say.

Elon Musk has revealed more details of his plans to establish first colony on Mars.

The huge flying object reportedly burnt up off Auckland's west coast.

Kiwi "Rocket man" has been inducted into the World Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame.

Peter Beck has swamped with attention ahead of the World Entrepreneur Of The Year awards.

Nasa chose 12 new astronauts from its biggest pool of applicants ever.

Probe promises to "revolutionise" our understanding of the sun, and unlock its secrets.

Scientists warn of threat to Earth's upper atmosphere from 'inevitable' collision.

Scientists spot 'super-Earth' planet just 21 light-years away.

Peter Beck enjoyed a moment of jubilation before the work of getting to orbit resumed.