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What is Halley's comet and what does it have to do with the Orionids meteor shower?

HEAVENLY BODIES

The Perseid meteor shower will peak this weekend to give a STUNNING show (let's hope it's not cloudy)

Confused mum asks if the SOLAR ECLIPSE can be rescheduled to fit in with her kids’ term time

There is a partial lunar eclipse happening TODAY and here's how you can watch it take place

Boy writes to Nasa asking if he can be a 'guardian of the galaxy'... and they send this heartwarming reply

PLACE IN THE SUN

Venus was once 'habitable' and had a HUGE ocean

Nasa's wants to employ a 'planetary protection officer' to deal with ALIEN contamination

DREAD REHEARSAL

Nasa to test its 'doomsday defence system' on a 30-metre asteroid heading our way this October

The universe could be a simulation designed by a 'super intelligent' creator, Professor Brian Cox suggests

Asteroid

Gigantic asteroid spotted three days AFTER it zoomed past Earth - will the next one hit us?

Brian Cox says the universe will end in eternal darkness as stars burn out and black holes eat each other up

This is when you can spot the stunning Delta Aquarid meteor shower which will peak TONIGHT

WE ARE MADE OF STARS

Half the atoms in us are ALIEN - and come from outside the Milky Way

THE BIGGEST BANG

Scientists detect the universe's most terrifying destructive force - a gamma ray burst

BRAVE NEW WORLDS

Alien life could be lurking on mysterious rogue planets floating freely between galaxies, boffins say

A PLACE NEAR THE SUN

Vintage Nasa space drawings reveal how people thought we'd be living in the 21st century

Imagine you're floating in SPACE with Google's Street View tour of the International Space Station

COVERUP OR CLEAROUT?

Nasa DESTROYED films relating to Jupiter and Saturn missions, documents reveal

Scientists are trying to map Mars to find the right spot to search for signs of life

Was there ever an ancient alien civilisation on Mars? Nasa FINALLY answers the age-old question