NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three ...

The findings, described in the journal Nature, push back the earliest known date for controlled fire-making by roughly ...

A storied NASA chronograph returns with solar tech, modern durability and a newly slashed price that pushes this reissue into ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbour valuable metals, ...

Andy Saunders, author of "Gemini and Mercury Remastered," talked about his process of remastering the most famous photographs of NASA's space program.

Nasa's Jonny Kim and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky have touched down in Earth after 245 days on the ISS.

Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth’s surface some ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

Astronomers have sighted the oldest known stellar explosion, dating back to when the universe was less than a billion years ...

A NASA planetary scientist has proposed what may be the first scientifically sound explanation for the mysterious Star of Bethlehem that guided the three wise men to the infant Jesus over two ...

One mission would involve a full 300 sols on the Red Planet, with the goal of finding extinct or current life on Mars. But ...

Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite ...