Exploring the various aspects of the cosmos.

Scientists win the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that the universe is infinitely expanding in all directions, changing the field of cosmology.

Scientists study the history of Mars and explore the possibility that it once contained life.

Scientists look out deep into space hoping to measure the size of the universe based on the relatively miniscule portion of space observable from Earth.

Several countries plan to send spacecraft to the moon, potentially leading to a permanent human presence in space.