The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

In 1997, a group of 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult believed the 1995 discovery of the Hale-Bopp comet signaled a rapture, as scientists believed it would pass closest to the Earth in March 1997.

Curiosity is exploring Mars’ boxwork terrain, where ridges and hollows may have formed from cementation and erosion. The ...

Strange 'leopard spot' markings have been found on a 3.5 billion year-old Martian rock with NASA saying they could be the ...

The polarity of a supermassive black hole lurking at the center of M87, a galaxy 55 million light-years from Earth, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has recently sparked a renewed fascination in the exploration of Mars, following intriguing findings that suggest the possibility of ancient life on the Red Planet. The rover ...

"The results reported here can be crucial when down-selecting which samples, if not all, are returned to Earth." ...

Since February 2021, the Mars rover, Perseverance , has been exploring an area of Mars called the Jezero Crater which is most ...

Jezero Crater has become one of the most exciting places in the search for signs of past life on Mars. Since landing in 2021, ...

Images and measurements from NASA’s Perseverance rover indicate that recently identified rocks in Jezero Crater are composed ...

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars may have potentially been ...

The idea was that high-powered lasers would propel tiny probes to 20 percent of the speed of light, impelling them with ...