We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...

The billionaire is in position to speed up plans for a voyage to the planet, with a potentially huge impact on SpaceX.

For many years, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been hellbent on sending humans to the surface of Mars. With the help of his space ...

Pale rocks on the red planet reveal a watery past and suggest the potential for life. Sometimes, scientists have to dig, work ...

Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon and the solar system's largest, is bigger than Mercury and the dwarf planet Pluto, with a diameter of 5,268 kilometers.

A strikingly clear lake nestled in southwestern Turkey has become a focal point for scientists aiming to understand the ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of the chemical building blocks of life.

A British-built Mars rover stuck on Earth since the start of the war in Ukraine may soon be on its way after the UK Space Agency agreed to pay for its ride down to the Red Planet.

NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists ...

If that’s too long to wait, two total lunar eclipses are also coming, one in September and another next March. Unlike total ...

The amount of water stored on lands across Earth’s continents has declined at such staggering levels that changes are likely irreversible while humans are alive, a study published Thursday found.

Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...