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The ultimate question about the big bang

A science experiment is under way again that may teach us how the Universe began or blow up the planet!

Science: Houston has a cash problem

Despite the Ares 1-X programme, Nasa cannot cope with its rocketing costs

India claims to be birthplace of science

A new exhibition in Delhi suggests that many important discoveries were made in the subcontinent long before Greece

Nasa successfully launches Ares 1-X test flight

The largest rocket in the world reached 28 miles high at speeds of up to 3,000mph during the £455m test flight

Astronomers go back to the Cosmic dark ages

A UK team has detected light from a star that exploded 13 billion years ago, when galaxies were just beginning to form

The men exploring aviation's final frontier

Two Swiss pilots are attempting to change the future of flying in a plane powered by the Sun. We talk to the pioneers

Catalogue of problems delay Nasa rocket launch

Prototype of new Moon shuttle postponed after concerns over high upper-level winds and risk from static electricity

Park to be named one of darkest places on planet

Galloway Forest Park is set to achieve the astonomer's darkness grade shared by only two other sites in the world

Nasa rolls out successor to the shuttle

Ares 1-X rocket, Nasa's first crew spacecraft for 30 years is taken to launch pad, but with a cloud over its future

One giant step for China

What are China's real ambitions with regards to its space programme — and should the rest of the world be worried?

Antarctica — the calmest place on Earth

The most serene place on the planet has been discovered, but instead of being on a tropical island it's on an icy plateau

Cern physicist charged with terrorism

Investigators allege that Adlene Hicheur, who works at the atomic research centre, offered his services to al-Qaeda

Rocket crashes into Moon in search of ice

Nasa scientists hope Centaur kamikaze mission will show evidence of water in the permanently dark areas of lunar South Pole

Cloud of confusion over success of moon 'bombing'

Nasa announces lunar impacts have gone according to plans, but doubts arise over the real value of ice mission

Moon 'bombed' by Nasa space probes

Agency announces that spectacular lunar impacts have gone according to plans, kicking up huge plumes of dust

Read all about it: the space race

If the recent anniversaries commemorating the American and Soviet race for space interest you, these books might too

Ring around Saturn is largest in Solar System

Distant moon of Saturn is surrounded by 8 million miles of debris, scientists reveal in a new study

Light in the darkness for South Pole Telescope

After six months of almost perpetual darkness in the Antarctic winter, the telescope has found clusters of unseen galaxies

Nasa to crash probe into Moon to find water

The probe could find sources that can be tapped during future missions to the Moon for drinking water, oxygen and fuel

Briefing: Lunar water: Moon rivers

Evidence of water on the moon may start a new race for manned landings – and using it as a base to travel deeper into space

Scientists find new reserves of water on Mars

Ice sheets believed to contain 99 per cent water are found in Martian craters, adding to discovery of water on the Moon

Obtaining Moon water could prove challenging

Moisture on the Moon offers drinking water, oxygen and fuel, but scientists face two significant barriers to extracting it