Covering vast distances in space has long been a problem but according to this scientist, in the future this might not be the case.
Dante Lauretta was paid a whopping $1 billion by the space agency in 2011.
If aliens do exist, humanity could completely miss them according to one British space scientist
It may be very unlikely, but scientists have explored the possibility that the asteroid Apophis could pose a risk to the Earth
The galaxy is remarkably similar to the Milky Way, and raises a lot of questions around what we know about the universe
It could easily be mistaken for a desert on Earth
Bob Knodel's experiment didn't go to plan
NASA thankfully has a plan to deal with impending doom
There was a team of seven astronauts onboard the Columbia space shuttle
Astronomers have been looking for the planet since its existence was first suggested in 2015
The object is 500 trillion times brighter than the sun
The ERS-2 satellite will crash into Earth later this week.
Professor Don Pollacco has explained the potentially dire consequences
Water potentially being on the asteroid has long been of interest to scientists
A Russian cosmonaut found holes drilled into a radiator panel before a blob moved onto his safety tether.
This is a big development for space technology
This is a huge step towards proving life on Mars
An animation showing the destructive power of the moon if it crashed into Earth has put social media users on edge.
It's one possible answer to the Fermi Paradox, and is pretty scary
The probe successfully landed in a very small area, but with just one minor hitch
85 possible exoplanets have been discovered by researchers at the University of Warwick
Incredible footage captures the moment an astroid lit up the night sky while crashing down to Earth.
Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that shows signs of the early universe.