That same basic principle has allowed NASA to communicate with Psyche, its mission to a metal-rich asteroid in the main belt. However, the 'light' was a version of heat, and instead of being able to ...

If life exists on Mars, a creature would have to withstand radiation and have access to water. One potential niche fulfilling ...

Due to its rusty red appearance caused by iron oxide in its soil, Mars has always been known as the Red Planet. However, ...

Cheers erupted from observers at the Kennedy Space Center when a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket lifted off Launchpad 39, sending ...

But planetary defense is real: while an increasingly advanced array of asteroid-hunting observatories diligently and ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

NASA selected a crew of four research volunteers to participate in its last simulated mission to Mars in 2024 within a habitat at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

We know that water exists on Mars. It’s frozen near the poles. However, other studies of the Red Planet have also tried to ...

“Martian ice exposures are probably one of the most accessible places we should be looking” for life on the red planet, ...

Mars pareidolia strikes again. An image captured by the Perseverance rover in the course of its duties is one of the ...

The image of Elon Musk that may be dominating people’s mindspace at the moment is of his prancing about joyously — and yes, a tad weirdly — behind Donald Trump on the podium during the latter’s Oct. 5 ...

For years, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — a spacecraft circling the Red Planet — has seen white material lining dry ...