COMMENT: From rocket launches to crashing space station, we're in for a huge year in space

Despite being scarred by a deeply unhappy childhood, Musk learnt to code within 3 days.

Musk's orbiting Roadster reinforces inequalities, Beck's star promotes a vision of unity.

Tesla lost US$1.96 billion, a record and nearly three times that of 2016

As SpaceX's rocket soared into space another man made a brave attempt to debunk science.

The behemoth that can haul more mass further passes its first test.

The take off and landing of the Falcon heavy flight. Source: SpaceX

Successful launch marred by booster rocket slamming into the Atlantic.

new study claims that the planets in the system have the potential to host life

COMMENT: Critics of Rocket Lab's Humanity Star need to lighten up.

NASA have released a panoramic view of the Gale Crater on Mars, from the Curiosity Rover

Tonight, much of the world will get to see not only a blue moon and a supermoon, but also a total lunar eclipse, all rolled into one. There hasn't been a triple lineup like this since 1982 and the next won't occur until 2037.

A strange light in the night sky leaves an Auckland man puzzled.

NZ's first satellite has divided the Internet and drawn ire from some Kiwi astronomers.

Rocket Lab's success came after a nervous start.

This useful tool can help you track the Humanity Star as it hurtles through space.

Rocket Lab's successful launch is a venture the country can celebrate.

A man-made star that could become one of the brightest objects in night sky is mortifying.

Rocket Lab's Peter Beck hopes it will be one of the brightest objects in the night sky

Rocket Lab has been fielding global messages after its second rocket launch

NASA reveals a makeup kit designed by male engineers for female astronauts in 1978.

Huge asteroid, size of world's tallest building, to hurtle past Earth in two weeks' time.

People in the Far North were treated to some flashy space fireworks late last night.

We're one big step closer to human colonisation on the Red Planet.

An NZ study will shed fresh light on the mysterious cosmic material we call 'dark matter'.

A report shows strange pulses known as fast radio bursts have become more extreme.

The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun. Video/NASA

Last week saw the "wolf moon". Next up is the "super blue blood moon eclipse".

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai did not grow 9cm - his measurements were out.

Astronaut tweets concerns after a remarkable growth spurt in just three weeks.