Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A discovery made by a NASA rover has offered a clue for this mystery, new research said ...

China’s ambitions have surged since May 2021, when its Tianwen-1 mission made it the second nation after the U.S. to land on Mars. The Zhurong rover explored Utopia Planitia, paving the way for bigger ...

Folks, it's official: the object that astronomers recently spotted blowing through the outer solar system came from ...

China is positioning itself to take the lead in one of the most coveted goals in planetary science—returning samples from ...

More than $10 billion in funds are included in Trump’s tax and spending bill for NASA programs previously targeted by the ...

The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and confirmed it was a ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien life in the glow of a distant planet. Other scientists were quick to ...

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

An asteroid discovered last year and briefly thought to be a threat to Earth has a one-in-23 chance of hitting the Moon, ...

An object dubbed 3I/ATLAS is only the third interloper from outside the Solar System seen in all of human history.

Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first ...

A comet has entered the Solar System from interstellar space and will pass through the inner planets later this year, NASA ...