What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

The ESA's Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft watched as a superstorm that ravaged Earth also struck the ...

A huge solar storm struck Mars in 2024, supercharging its upper atmosphere and briefly disrupting spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.

Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

SpaceX has long focused on building the technology needed to send humans to Mars, but Elon Musk has hinted at an even larger goal. The development of the fully reusable Starship spacecraft could open ...

Earth has been around for 4.543 billion years. At numerous times during that long history, our planet has shared itself with the rest of the Solar System, particularly with our immediate neighbors. Sc ...

While Earth experienced dazzling auroras seen as far south as Mexico, Mars faced a very different and far more intense impact.

A strange flicker from a star 11,000 light-years away reveals evidence of two planets crashing together in a rare cosmic ...

Chinese official calls for prioritizing Neptune orbiter mission A senior Chinese space scientist and delegate to the country’s national congress is proposing the prioritization of an unprecedented ...

In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sit down with Dr. Lulu Zhao, an ...