It was a cool Thursday morning in Cape Canaveral as the nation's first space shuttle was about to make its last ever trip into space.

The 5 best space images of all time.

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, better known as TESS, has identified an Earth - size world TOI - 700e, orbiting within its stars habitable zone.

A researcher at Tohoku University has made significant improvements to a high-power electrodeless plasma thruster, bringing us closer to deeper space exploration.