China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has sent back the first-ever close-up image of Earth's rare quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa, an asteroid that scientists suspect could be a fragment of the Moon.

A decisive square between the waning Moon and Cancer Sun asks every sign to loosen its grip and release what has quietly ...

Think you have what it takes to live in a Mars and moon simulation for a year? NASA may want to select you as a volunteer.

Using NASA's Perseverance rover, scientists are getting a greater understanding of the nature of some of the organic carbon — ...

A research volunteer uses augmented reality goggles to perform astronaut-like tasks during a simulated space mission.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the U.S. is "very much in a space race right now" against China, as the two countries ...

On July 4, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission arrived on Mars and began transmitting images from the surface of the Red ...

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown Martian rock containing a mineral never before found on the Red Planet.

For the closest thing to spending a year on Mars, without leaving Earth, look no further than Houston. NASA has opened ...

Having the right conditions and raw material for life does not mean that life can originate or arise by chance.

Once it was clear that the finding was most likely real, the team took a closer look at the chemistry of the material nearest ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...