A fireball that lit up the night sky and created a rumble like and earthquake in recent days has been confirmed as a high-energy meteorite exploding in Earth’s atmosphere

A team of more than 200 scientists has worked together to capture the world’s first photograph of a black hole, a phenomenon never-before seen by humans

The Parker Solar Probe is on a groundbreaking mission to ‘touch the Sun’ and has now come closer to our nearest star than any other man-made object in history

It’s been a big week for our quest to live on Mars, with the confirmation of a “burp” of methane gas and NASA’s release of designs for human housing on the red planet

Scientists have discovered a fossilised snapshot of the day a huge asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, clearing the way for humans to thrive

NASA has photographed supersonic waves from jets, which brings it a step closer to building a new plane that doesn’t produce a sonic boom when it breaks the sound barrier

A new NASA spacecraft to launch in 2023 will peer into the beginning of time to explore how the universe began and help in the search for alien life

The Mars rover due to launch next year has been named after scientist Rosalind Franklin, who unlocked the secrets to human life

Australian scientists have helped make a 3D map of the Milky Way, using information sent back from a NASA space telescope. The results have surprised the world

Australia’s deep-space experts are an important communication link between NASA and a far-off spacecraft about to arrive at the asteroid Bennu. And this important mission has only just begun!

After more than six months and hundreds of millions of kilometres, NASA’s InSight spacecraft made a perfect touchdown on Mars early on Tuesday morning, ready for its two-year mission

The International Space Station turned 20 this week, incredible in an era when people replace their smartphone every two years. We celebrate the ISS’s contribution to science and world harmony

The three astronauts aboard the International Space Station need a lift after a relief flight failed and their own capsule has a hole in it. Now they are waiting to see if they will make it back for Christmas

Meet Yusaku Maezawa, punk drummer, fashion designer, art lover and now ticketholder for a trip to the moon. Would you go on a rocket into orbit around the moon?

Scientists are hunting for the crash site of a large meteor that flashed across the West Australian sky this week

A NASA spacecraft has zoomed towards the sun on a quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before

If there’s life on Mars, a 20km-wide lake will be the place to look. This huge body of water could also hold the key for cheaper, safer space travel

The latest test flight of a passenger rocket brings us closer to being able to book a joy ride into space. Would you buy a ticket?

Look up in the night sky near Sagittarius right now and you can see a glowing, yellow sphere that’s a very big and very near asteroid. Can you see it?

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has released a stunning close-up image of Jupiter showing swirling cloud belts and whirlwinds of air and gas within its northern hemisphere

Astronauts can feel isolated while spending months in space, but technology is helping them stay entertained and connected with loved ones back on Earth

A set of three-fingered mummies found in a Peru cave look like humans but a scientist thinks they may be aliens. Or are they fake?

NASA captured 20 years of changing seasons in a striking new global map of our home planet. VIDEO

NASA astronauts spent hours walking around in space while working on the International Space Station. VIDEO

An American documentary filmmaker has urged Australian authorities to find the answers to one of the world’s most mysterious UFO cases

NASA has discovered seven Earth-like worlds orbiting a single star 39 light-years away. And six of them could hold life.