China is positioning itself to take the lead in one of the most coveted goals in planetary science—returning samples from ...

Researchers are developing bioplastic bubbles from algae that could grow, repair, and protect habitats on Mars without ...

A rare and visually stunning electrical phenomenon lit up the skies over North America earlier this week, as NASA astronaut ...

More than $10 billion in funds are included in Trump’s tax and spending bill for NASA programs previously targeted by the ...

Right now, Earth is about 3.1 million miles farther from the sun than it is in early January when it reaches perihelion, its ...

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

The landscape is stark, dark and dramatic, formed by a series of eruptions in the last 16,000 years that have stacked layer ...

An analysis argues that deporting Elon Musk would severely cripple US space exploration and hand dominance to China, ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien life in the glow of a distant planet. Other scientists were quick to ...