Mars took a direct hit from a powerful solar storm. The eruption from the Sun was one of the strongest recorded in more than two decades. The same storm struck Earth and triggered bright auroras that ...

A complicated interaction in which overlying ice, underlying rock, and an ancient lake bed form one of Earth’s most ...

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

This low-angle self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called “Buckskin” on lower Mount Sharp.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered tiny mineral nodules on Mars that suggest groundwater persisted on the planet much longer than previously believed, expanding the window during which microbial ...

Despite his absence at the starry evening, Shepard gave Bell a sweet shout-out ahead of the big night in an Instagram post ...

In this age of Mars rovers, questions about the planet's ancient past have shifted. A growing body of evidence supports the ...

I have always loved the idea of going to outer space. I grew up reading Isaac Asimov and Philip K. Dick. There is something ...

M&M’s have come a long way since their launch in New Jersey way back in 1941, when they were packaged in a non-descript brown and cream coloured tube. Yes, they were a near-instant success but who ...

Thinking about food systems in deep space likely brings to mind something like The Martian where an astronaut is scratching barely enough food to survive out of potatoes grown in Martian regolith. Or ...

The real reason is less dramatic and more fascinating: Mars looks red mainly because iron-rich dust and rock oxidized over time, while the myth people still get wrong is the name, because Mars is ...

Elon Musk has long said settling Mars is SpaceX’s raison d'être, but the world’s richest man has now pivoted his attention to the moon. The company is targeting an uncrewed lunar landing in March 2027 ...