Mars didn’t always look like the barren world we see today. Over billions of years, the Sun’s solar wind stripped away much of its atmosphere, helping transform it from a warmer, wetter planet into a ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover is investigating strange spiderweb-like ridges on Mars that may reveal a hidden chapter of the planet’s watery history. These “boxwork” formations likely formed when groundwater ...

An accident on Mars revealed the surprising contents of an otherwise unremarkable rock. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) A rock on ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has recently reached one of the most stable and secure parking spots of its entire journey on Mars.

NASA Moon base plans center on lunar water, south pole sunlight, robots, and nuclear power for a lasting outpost.

A study of NASA’s Mars rover images has raised intriguing possibilities about extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. Ohio ...

Humans were not designed for space. Ironically, because we insist on going there anyway, scientists now know from studying astronauts that the lack of Earth’s gravity can wreak health havoc, such as ...

Experience a simulated space shuttle launch at a center in Columbus Georgia where immersive exhibits and powerful visuals ...

An international team from China and Italy has reported a possible cosmic encore to the landmark 2017 multi-messenger ...

For star astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, that instinct to explore remains one of the defining traits of our species, and continues to shape how humanity approaches space. “When people look up, ...

NASA launched the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in August 2005 and the following year, on March 10, it entered the orbit of the red planet where it continues to operate today. Data returned to Earth by ...

A 2025 satellite photo shows a giant "Y" in the middle of the Taklamakan Desert, where a verdant river and a lengthy "red-white mountain" meet. The intersecting features are also home to an ...