Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

The launch of China's Shenzhou-20 is the next step in a tense race between NASA and China to create bases on the moon, and ...

China was making final preparations for the launch on Thursday of a three-person replacement crew for its orbiting space ...

Sky's Helen-Ann Smith travelled to the Gobi Desert to see what China believes life on Mars will feel like.