The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has orbited Mars for over ...

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is one of only three NASA missions currently in operation around Mars, and one ...

A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...

Scientists have long believed that the Moon was formed by a massive object crashing into the Earth. But what was that thing ...

In 1965, Frank Herbert delivered an epic tale of families at war for spice, sandworms, and planets as far away from Earth as space travel will allow -- one that would go on to be adapted into one of ...

The report’s authors outline 11 science priorities for future crewed missions to Mars, ranging from searching for resources ...

Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...

An idea about the sun’s magnetic field called the terminator model could help predict dangerous space weather more accurately ...

Earth may not have to look quite so far for its moon because when our young planet was in a catastrophic collision with a ...

Steven Universe” is a fantasy, coming-of-age story cartoon series created by Rebecca Sugar. The first episode of “Steven ...

The idea that extreme climate change could one day cause a mass extinction and end the human dominance is not as farfetched ...