Does a massive planet lurk in the outer Solar system?

Could there be a massive planet well beyond the orbit of Pluto? Unfortunately, this "extraordinary" claim is based on rather "ordinary" evidence.

Nasa budget boosts private space

US President Barack Obama wants more money to go towards developing commercial rockets and capsules to take American astronauts into orbit.

Proposed private space plane gets fiery name: Prometheus

A proposed private spaceship designed to carry astronauts by the commercial space firm in Virginia has a new name steeped in mythology: Prometheus. The company Orbital Sciences unveiled the Prometheus space plane name Feb. 1.

SpaceX says 'reusable rocket' could help colonize Mars

The US company SpaceX is working on the first-ever reusable rocket to launch to space and back, with the goal of one day helping humans colonize Mars, founder Elon Musk said Thursday.

HUBBLE logs millions observation: photos

Check out Hubble Logs Millionth Observation: Photos

A new, distant arm of the Milky Way galaxy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our Milky Way galaxy, like other spiral galaxies, has a disk with sweeping arms of stars, gas, and dust that curve around the galaxy like the arms of a huge pinwheel.

Biggest 3-D map of the distant universe

The biggest 3-D map of the distant universe ever made, using light from 14,000 quasars --- supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies many billions

Group sets plans for largest radio telescope ever

(PhysOrg.com) -- Proving that a lot of little things can go a long way, a group of astronomers have revealed plans to build and install a radio telescope array out of thousands of small inexpensive dishes, spread out over thousands of miles of remote territory.

Giant ring of black holes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just in time for Valentine

First ever STEREO images of the entire Sun

First ever STEREO images of the entire Sun