Space scientists are paying people to lie on their backs for two months.

Both Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk have space missions planned for next year.

NASA has launched a searchable database of its most iconic images.

An American astronaut tweeted this astounding shot of his boots dangling above the Earth.

NASA says it has some big news to tell the world.

Lifeforms which have been living inside crystals for up to 60,000 years have been revived by NASA, raising hopes that alien organisms could be found on other planets.

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has described the moment he captured the Taranaki volcano from aboard the International Space Station.

Companies are heading to court in a battle for a contract to repair satellites with space robots.

NASA is heading back to Wanaka to launch its super balloons which orbit the globe performing scientific monitoring.

A world-leading glaciologist says scientists are fast running out of time to fully understand dramatic changes underway in climate change's sleeping giant: Antarctica.

A war-era DC-3 aircraft is playing an unlikely role in a state-of-the-art scientific survey of Antarctica's sea ice.

A Kiwi scientist has unexpectedly discovered what appears to be a huge undersea volcanic eruption near the main island of Tonga.

NASA has marked the 50th anniversary of its moon programme's fatal Apollo launchpad fire with the first public display of the scorched hatch.

NASA has launched the most sophisticated weather satellite ever launched, and the pictures are incredible.

New movie Hidden Figures tells the story of African-American women who played a crucial role in NASA's early space missions. Does NZ science have its own diversity problem?

A major crack that has rapidly expanded is poised to create one of the world's biggest icebergs in a matter of months, scientists warn.

The world could be set to end in October this year, when a giant mysterious planet collides with our own - according to a conspiracy theorist.

New research from NASA suggests that liquid water once existed on Mars and the dwarf planet Ceres - important clues in the search for past or present life.

It sounds like an idea that should remain firmly in the realm of Hollywood but NASA thinks one day we might need to nuke any Earth-bound asteroids to save humanity.

As 2016 draws to a close, the NZ Science Media Centre picked some of the biggest national and international science stories that made headlines

The Rocket Lab's first stage booster rocket has passed a trial putting the company closer to the test launch of its Electron vehicle

Buzz Aldrin says he was evacuated from the South Pole last week because he became short of breath and began showing signs of altitude sickness.

The former astronaut, who became ill while visiting Antarctica, has been told to rest up in Christchurch while congestion in his lungs clears.

Amazing NASA photos have revealed new land off the coast of Kaikoura, raised out of ocean the by last month's 7.8 magnitude earthquake

History-making astronaut Buzz Aldrin has always set his sights on the stars.

NASA is calling on the public for help in solving a very important, but slightly less glamourous issue.

Meet the aspiring 'Martian' willing to give up her life to be the first woman on Mars.

It's impossible. But science appears to say it's happening. A prototype space engine seems to be producing energy from nothing.

Trump has said he wants to send people back to the moon, slashing Nasa's climate change budget.

A chance to meet the world's most famous living moon walker was not living up to any of my wildly unrealistic hopes and expectations.