Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...

NASA was to supply some critical technologies for the mission, which Europe may not be able to readily replace.

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

Life outside the Earth is one of the biggest "what if" in history, but NASA is trying to put a end to the discussion - or add more to it - with this new world.

The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...

In a groundbreaking study, an international team of researchers led by the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela has explored the impact of spinning dust devils, massive dust storms, and ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute who explains why the Red Planet may hold answers about ...

Scientists have created living communities of bacteria and fungi that could survive in protective habitats on the Red Planet.

At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, ...