Space

In anticipation of this weekend's big sci-fi epic, a look at how close we are to building a real-life space colony.

PayPal wants to get into space payments. Space tourism is possibly a thing of the near future -- the company Virgin has scheduled its first consumer space flight for the end of this year.

This fall, a "humanoid communication robot" called Kirobo will travel to the International Space Station to keep astronauts company.

Bill Nye the Science Guy discusses asteroid science, space exploration, and why not everyone needs to become an engineer.

QE2. Quantitative easing or an asteroid?

Things crashing into the moon -- that's how the third Transformers movie starts right? Sorry Michael Bay, when it comes to explosions, we'd rather watch the NASA source footage.

Space scientists say Kepler has already found enough potential and confirmed planets to keep them busy for years.

A new satellite could tell us a lot about climate change.

Where does tech fit into President Obama's new budget proposal? One answer is the $17.7 billion set aside for the U.S. space program.

India launched seven satellites into space. It's just the latest mission for India's space agency, which has its eyes on Mars at the moment.