There’s been speculation that Donald Trump may cancel the Space Launch System rocket, which Nasa intended to use to get from ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

Through the end of February, all the planets in our solar system will visibly align in the sky, like a trope taken straight ...

Harvard scientists explain how Mars had warm spells billions of years ago, allowing rivers and lakes to exist.

Understanding chorus waves is vital, as they create fast-moving, highly energetic electrons (known as killer electrons) that ...

An HTC headset designed to work in space is offsetting the physical and psychological challenges of humans living off-world.

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

The 3.7-billion-year-old formations in the planet's Gale Crater suggest the presence of long-gone bodies of liquid water, ...

A suspected planet that appears well-suited to life has had its existence confirmed – and it’s very much in our neighborhood, ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...