SPACE

Astronauts are trying to learn how to live and remain sane in the barren space above the Earth from exposure to the rough and tough Arctic terrain.

You don't need to be a geek or a nerd to admire these top scientific discoveries of 2015 that have the possibility of affecting human lives for the good.

Scientists have come up with a new method to measure gravity on distant stars, which could help identify planets capable of harbouring life.

NASA scientists have discovered an unusually large galaxy, whose tail alone is more than twice the diameter of the Milky Way.

A new research suggests that ancient Egyptian documents are a mine of information on some of the major astronomical events of those times, such as the period of eclipsing binary Algol.

New findings by NASA show a history of glacial activity on Pluto over the past several years.

Russia is reportedly using its next-generation satellites and mighty space power to attack the ISIS and other militants in Syria.

In a fascinating cosmic event, a team of researchers at NASA has captured gamma rays older than Earth travelling across the universe.

Australian scientists have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet outside the Solar System.

The travel booking site, Kayak, has started offering space flights for travel in 2016 through XCOR Space Expeditions.

A physicist is using 3D technology to trace the evolution of the cosmos and the formation of galaxies in a bid to solve the mysteries of the universe.

Scientists may have found a way to resolve the complex quantum time travel paradox of what happens if a man travel backs in time to kill his grandfather.

Mankind may one day succeed in finding actual ripples in space-time, with a dry run already taking place.

Scientists finally have an explanation for the pictured mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet called Ceres.

The new US legislation allowing mining in space is expected to trigger a space gold rush.

The genes of Nicotiana benthamiana, a relative of tobacco, can be the key to farming plants and crops in outer space.

Two decades after its Galileo spacecraft first flirted with Jupiter, NASA is set to resume its love affair with the gas giant with a new mission.

Mankind may well be a step closer to time travel, with Australian scientists successfully sending particles of light into the past.

In a significant discovery, astronomers have spotted some monstrous baby galaxies nestled in dark matter.

Tayna, or the “first-born” as it’s called in the Aymara language, is the faintest object ever seen in the early universe, having existed some 13.8 billion years ago, astronomers have discovered.

Scientists have warned of a serious threat to communication and energy systems, on which life depends on Earth, from superflares from the Sun.

Cosmic signals are believed to be the latest sign of communication from neighbouring galaxies.

Astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren show viewers how they celebrate Thanksgiving in space.

Mars’ biggest moon Phobos has already started fall apart due to gravity and will eventually blow itself to debris encircling the parent planet like a Saturn ring.

Thrill-seekers can have an out-of-the-world experience of space travel in two years as Jeff Bezos successfully tests its unmanned passenger rocket “New Shephard.”

NASA cannot handle long-term space explorations and possible manned mission to Mars due to its lack of countermeasures to combat possible problems.

Mars could still host new formations of pools today despite its harsh environment, which easily evaporates or turns water into solid ice.

Kepler-438b, the most earth-like exoplanet discovered on Jan 6, 2015, may be uninhabitable due to radiation blasts from its parent star

NASA’s Curiosity rover is about to create history as it is going to be the first to explore active dunes in the solar system except that of Earth.