The professor believes 'a claim to have discovered evidence consistent with life elsewhere' will crop up sooner than we think.
Before the year is out Earth can expect to be visited by a bunch of asteroids that pass close to the planet
NASA launched a rocket during an aurora borealis in Alaska as part of a mission, making for a stunning video that has gone viral.
Crew members of the International Space Station captured the Earth leaking a gory red substance
The system has seven planets with a star which is both bigger and hotter than the Sun
An image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope has shown a star being born
NASA has previously said Saturn's rings will disappear quicker than expected - but there's another reason we won't see them in 2025.
The 'SpaceX' spacecraft was launched into space on 13 October
A Moon-forming impact 4.5 billion years ago could be proven after remains of what is thought to be Theia are found deep within Earth
Volunteer scientists spot an asteroid the size of two tennis courts close to Earth after the citizen programme requests help.
A NASA X-ray studied the nebula for 17 days to produce the intriguing image
Scientists hit a snag after being unable to access the sample
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko was told to evacuate the area immediately
A video has caused online users to appreciate the speed of the International Space Station
Michael Collins was the third astronaut in the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, which saw mankind first set foot on the moon
NASA has launched a rocket towards an asteroid with metals so valuable they would make everyone on Earth rich, if it was mined
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NASA has officially launched its rocket to 16 Psyche.
Millions will be able to view a rare ring of fire solar eclipse that wont occur again until 2046.
A spacecraft brought back samples of the Bennu asteroid that would obliterate our planet.
High energy gamma rays have been emitted by a pulsar called Vela, located 1,000 light years away
Fingers crossed the property market is cheaper in space.
The capsule contained samples from Bennu