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 ...

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 ...

Mars is often associated with its iconic red hue, a color that evokes visions of a harsh and uninhabitable desert landscape.

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

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

Just before dawn on May 2, a camera 240 million kilometers from Earth caught a moment that seemed almost Earth-like: clouds ...

A superbright Mars is currently visible alongside Regulus, the "Heart of the Lion" star located around 79 light-years from ...

Our solar system is made up of the sun and all the amazing objects that travel around it. Learn more about the planets, asteroids, and comets in our solar system. 3:55 ...

“The solar system is really like somebody picked it up early on and shook it real hard,” Levison says. After launching this October, Lucy will fly by a series of target Trojans from 2027 to 2033.

Mars and its atmosphere, photographed by the United Arab Emiratess' Hope probe, which has been in orbit around the planet since 2021. ... sweeping across the entire Solar System.

A possible new dwarf planet skirts the solar system’s edge. The faraway object travels in a weird, ... Check out some of the weird rocks that have turned up on Mars By Lisa Grossman April 7, 2025.