When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone . Water is a key ...

Searching for life on other planets requires more than just measuring their distances from their stars. A future NASA ...

For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous, enigmatic structures buried deep inside Earth with features so ...

On November 18, 2013, NASA launched the MAVEN spacecraft to Mars. The name MAVEN stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ...

Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President ...

A pair of small satellites began their 2 year journey to Mars to study the red planet's magnetic field and how solar wind has stripped the atmosphere there over millions of years ...

Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE ...

New research indicates that early Martian volcanoes may have emitted reactive sulfur gases that warmed the planet and supported conditions suitable for microbial life. Although scientists are still ...

For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The ...

Scientists suspect iron meteorites might be able to resist erosion on Mars, which may explain why some appear perched on flat ground rather than embedded in craters. In other cases, a crater may have ...

Blue Origin scrubbed once again its launch attempt for its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral, this time blaming space ...