A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...

Brian Jackson (Physics) interacts with imagery from NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at “Valinor Hills” (acquired by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover on Feb. 21, 2024) in the Stein Luminary, for ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has created a new space science laboratory to enhance our understanding of the origins of ...

Long without a leader, NASA finds plenty of support among the space community for billionaire Jared Isaacman, including from ...

An international team led by researchers from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at The University of Hong Kong ...

A NASA planetary scientist has proposed what may be the first scientifically sound explanation for the mysterious Star of Bethlehem that guided the three wise men to the infant Jesus over two ...

Planetary health challenges, such as drug-resistant infections, the climate emergency, and socioeconomic injustice, are ...

By May, that uncertainty turned to dread as the administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2026, one that ...

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while launching more missions and increasing the total science return. If ESCAPADE ...

One mission would involve a full 300 sols on the Red Planet, with the goal of finding extinct or current life on Mars. But ...