Mercury is a misfit in the solar system, an intriguing planet that science can't quite explain. The joint European and Japanese BepiColombo mission is setting off to explore the closest planet to the Sun in unprecedented detail.

#AskSpace: Why not go to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn to look for life? Olivier Witasse, Project Scientist for ESA's JUICE mission has the answer.

Nasa said there was an issue with the booster and the crew has landed safely back on Earth.

#AskSpace: Will there ever be a European astronaut on the moon?

The crew - Anton Shkaplerov of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA astronaut Scott Tingle - parachuted safely into Kazakhstan.

As NASA prepares to send a spacecraft deeper into space than ever before, it will do so achieving yet another milestone: For the first time ever, some of the spacecraft's components will be 3D printed. An innovation that could speed up space exploration.

NASA's Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei and Russia's Alexander Misurkin spent 168 days aboard the ISS.

Many scientists believe there could be life on the other moons and planets of our solar system. We report on the latest in astrobiology research from the Mars-like environment of the Rio Tinto in southern Spain.

#AskSpace: Astronaut Paolo Nespoli gives his views on how astronauts will handle the long journey to Mars.

Russian astronauts are taking a spacewalk to upgrade an antenna at the International Space Station

euronews takes you on a 360 tour of Europe's astronaut training centre in Cologne.

Europe’s oldest astronaut Paolo Nespoli arrived home on Thursday morning after a 139 day stay on the International Space Station. The 60-year-old

"Imagine the possibilities waiting in those big, beautiful stars if we dare to dream big,” said the US president as he signed his first space policy directive.

The northern lights gave astronauts aboard the International Space Station a memorable view.