Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

Life on Earth might not be as Earthly as we think. A recent research published in The Conversation explores a revived and ...

Early Mars seems to have had a protective atmosphere and liquid water in the form of oceans, rivers, and lakes. It may also ...

Anyone who steps onto Mars will be crossing a one-way threshold in more ways than one. The physics of getting there and back, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded sounds from Mars dust devils and revealed tiny electric sparks shaping the planet’s ...

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ...

When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed our class the sci-fi movie Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. The plot drew me in with its depiction of the “Genesis Project”—a new technology ...

When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed our class the sci-fi movie “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.” The plot drew me in, with its depiction of the “Genesis Project” – a new ...

Particles that escaped Earth’s atmosphere accumulated on the lunar surface over billions of years. Here’s what you’ll learn ...

The piece of Mars travelled 140 million miles to Earth. The “Largest Piece of Mars on Earth” just sold at auction for about $5.3 million— $5,296,000, to be exact. Popular Science has reached out to ...

Built to last, NASA’s Perseverance rover continues its long journey across Mars, collecting samples and revealing the ...

Venus appears in the southwestern sky at dusk, while the pair of Jupiter and Saturn rule the roost at nightfall in the southeast. Mercury is currently invisible in the sun's glare but will return for ...