Europe's sophisticated space freighter, Johannes Kepler, is set to dock with the International Space Station (ISS).

Capuchin monkeys wee on their hands, then rub their urine on their fur, to signal their sexual status, scientists discover.

The US shuttle Discovery is all set to make history by launching from the Kennedy Space Center for the very last time.

A rare bright yellow diamond weighing more than 110 carats - roughly the size of a woman's thumb - has gone on display in London's Natural History Museum.

A course teaching how to design cheap, unmanned craft aims to expand researchers' horizons and tap into a growth market.

Rapidly rising acidic water in the abandoned gold mines under Johannesburg in South Africa could leak out early next year, the water ministry warns.

The US shuttle Discovery blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center on a historic final mission before retirement.