On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space ...

The first two weeks of March provide a great opportunity to sight four bright naked-eye planets in the early evening sky. Low toward the west blazes Venus, which serves as a convenient celestial ...

Researchers analysed samples of three Chernobyl fungi that have adapted to extremely harsh conditions. They found that ...

While this is an optical illusion – since the planets remain vast distances apart in space – it happens because they all orbit the sun on a nearly flat plane. Occasionally, their different speeds and ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes — planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of ...

Earth has two neighboring planets: Venus and Mars. Currently as it stands ... as this amount of time travelling in space can have significant health repercussions for astronauts. The plasma-engine ...

according to Space.com and other sites that track celestial events. For the best chances, spectators should look at the sky as soon as the sun sets. That's when the planets will make a brief ...

Rosatom’s propulsion system uses a magnetic plasma accelerator, which it hopes will reduce space travel ... between planets. A laboratory prototype of the engine has been developed at Rosatom ...

Russia introduces a plasma electric rocket engine that could revolutionize space travel, potentially reducing Mars mission duration to 30-60 days, making space exploration faster, fuel-efficient, and ...

The aviation museum in Tucson has new planes, some of which you can go in. Here's how long it takes to go through the museum ...

By Katrina Miller Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets across the night sky in January. This week Mercury joins the queue. Now every other world in our solar ...