Researchers worry an “extinction-level event” is coming for space science as the Trump administration looks to slash spending ...

A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum ...

Each successive spacecraft will fly over the same region 2 to 10 minutes after the former. "Missions have studied these ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

Uranus radiates more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies find — just as Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune do.

New images of the mysterious Martian moon Deimos were captured when the Hera mission activated its instruments past Earth for ...

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

With the occasional nod to his greatest achievements, his exploration of the cosmos is at times a challenging, daunting ...

Martian Rock Analysis Reveals the Planet Had 'Secret Ingredient' That Was Ideal for Starting Life Planet Mars has always been ...

NASA has eliminated key science offices, including the office of the chief scientist, according to an internal email obtained ...

Tiny grains collected from the asteroid Ryugu have given scientists a new window into the magnetic forces that shaped the ...

If venusian clouds contain life, it will be very different than what we know. But terrestrial analogs might still give us ...