It was January 4, 2004 when NASA's Spirit set down on Mars and took some incredible images of it's surroundings, including the image featured in this post.

Once in a while an article will catch our attention and force us to think, this article from Gizmodo is such an article, how would gravity be different if the world were a cube?

Say hello to Kepler-78b AKA Earth's evil twin. Kepler-78b is the first Earth-sized planet discovered outside our solar system with a rocky type composition...but it's quite different from our planet.

When it comes to terrestrial travel, Virgin Galactic wants in on the action and this time they're not just talking about sending billionaires in to space.

After 8 years NASA's Deep Impact comet-hunting mission has been terminated. The mission to hunt comets was concluded when NASA determined that the probe had reached the end of its lifeline.

The Epsilon Rocket makes news for a number of reasons but costing a measely $37 million to launch is one of them! The Japanese rocket, Epsilon, launched from South-West Japan at 2pm local time. The rocket is headed in to space to launch a telescope in to the Earth's orbit where it will keep an eye on our neighboring planets.

NASA's Voyager 1 has become the first man made object to leave the solar system and fans of cosmic exploration are going nuts! After 36 years and a 12 billion mile-long journey, NASA researchers agree that the Voyager 1 has finally left the solar system!

This week saw the launch of LADEE by NASA! The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer launched on Friday at 11:27 EDT. The LADEE is on a mission to explore the atmosphere around the moon and to take a closer look at the dust that is seen emanating from the moon's surface.

Far more funds than are available go in to protecting endangered species but Project Instant Wild has come up with a solution to the problem that involves relying on internet viewers.

Following the impact of Hurricane Sandy, MoMA PS1 set up a challenge for designers to come up with a new method of rebuilding that would help to protect the area from future hurricane impact. Sorg Architects answered that request with quite an innovative solution!