A Chinese astronaut who taught schoolchildren about the wonders of science from space, jokes that one of the highlights of her cosmic trip was chasing pieces of chocolates around in zero gravity.

An exhibition of startling images of the cosmos looks at the development of telescopy, photography, and our place in it all

An exhibition explores images how photography has shaped astronomy

While studying pictures of Mars sent back to Earth by the Curiosity rover, a Japanese alien-enthusiast spotted something between the endless plain of rocks spread out on the screen in front of him. Could it really be? Is that a… lizard?

Nasa is funding the development of printed food with an eye on the long-haul, long-stay space missions of the future

"I feel a whole lot better," maintains a hoarse Wayne Coyne, apologising for being too ill to play the previous day's cancelled concert before informing us that "being sick is pretty petty" compared to the tornado disaster in Oklahoma, his home state. It is. He goes on to admit that "this is kind of a ridiculous event". It's certainly an odd event.

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Russian President unveils ambitious plans at new launchpad site, including manned flight to Mars

More signs of past water on Mars have been uncovered by the American space agency Nasa's Curiosity rover.

New discoveries are the clearest indicator yet that life could once have existed on the red planet

We aren’t tragic spinsters, desperately freezing our eggs and gazing wistfully out of the windows of our cold, stark bedsits, humming ‘someday my Prince will come’

Classical singer Sarah Brightman will boldly go where no soprano has gone before when she becomes the first professional musician to record a song in space.

Research suggests a man and a woman working and living together may be better than two people of the same sex on millionaire's mission to the Red Planet

Scientists toast success on "another proud day for America"