An unmanned rover provides a wealth of information on the massive ice sheet covering Greenland. As the ice melts, it contributes to rising sea levels around the world.

Nasa's Messenger was the first spacecraft to orbit our solar system's inner most planet Mercury. Turns out it's not just a dormant, scorched rock but a dynamic place, with an enormous internal core relative to its size.

It might sound ridiculous, but a group of gazillionaire tech entrepreneurs have formed Planetary Resources, a company dead set on reaping our solar system's natural resources.

Lockheed is developing nuclear fusion energy solutions, small enough to put on a flat bed truck!

The moon swells at the closest point in its elliptical orbit around the Earth and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided amazing hi res imagery of the surface, including footprints left by Apollo astronauts between 1969 and 1972. Yet some people remain unconvinced.

The Privateers are getting heavily involved in space exploration: Blue Origin, a company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is among the leaders of the pack.

The Privateers are getting heavily involved in space exploration: Blue Origin, a company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is among the leaders of the pack.

Research suggests that early human fisticuffs had a surprising influence on the evolution of the human visage.

Insight 2016 is NASA's cheaper, 'discovery class' stationary lander to study the red planet's interior and look at whether there are marsquakes.

Research suggests that early human fisticuffs had a surprising influence on the evolution of the human visage.