But scientists are keen to explore the asteroid in detail for other reasons than its unusual orbit. A Chinese spacecraft is ...
The announcement is the latest in a stream of funding contracts NASA has awarded private companies in its effort to establish ...
As part of plans to establish a lunar base, the space agency may send to the moon a spare test version of the rover — as well ...
Conceptualized just a few months ago, NASA’s moon base plans are rolling out in earnest as the space agency maps out plans to ...
NASA is racing to save its Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The salvage effort gets ...
Sometimes the most extraordinary places hide in plain sight, and the Dee Wright Observatory near Blue River proves that ...
The recent discovery of an enigmatic substance on the surfaces of both Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and Pluto, our solar ...
Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...
Researchers have looked at how particular microbes from Earth would fare in conditions like those of Mars, the moon, and the ...
A NASA astronaut preparing for a grueling eight-month stint in orbit reveals a plan to test for extraterrestrial life.
A provocative study suggests that Jupiter’s frozen moon Europa may not only be hospitable, but that life from Earth could be ...
Something is absorbing light on the surfaces of Pluto and Saturn’s moon Titan, and figuring out what it is could be crucial ...