European space officials have postponed the launch of a three-year mission to study planets in other solar systems less than an hour before it was due to blast off.

Top physicist Professor Stephen Hawking has repeated his warning that human survival depends on finding a new home beyond the Earth.

Space Week is coming up and offers the perfect opportunity to stoke a child’s interest, writes Mark Evans 

Stargazers are in for a treat tonight, as Jupiter and Venus will be not be seen closer together for another 40 years.

Five planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn – will be visible together in the morning sky from today until around February 20, a phenomenon that has not happened since 2005.

Are you an astronomy buff? If so, you should do well on this quick quiz.