The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...
A former NASA scientist pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud after the government found years of deceit, including fake pay stubs ...
To tell a Mars rover to turn left or an orbiter to change focus, mission scientists have to beam powerful transmissions ...
Spacecraft have used a plutonium isotope to stay afloat for decades, but another isotope could last even longer.
Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.
NASA announced in September 2025 that it had found life on Mars.
Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and Nicky Fox, head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, discuss the paper published ...
After a year of scientific scrutiny, a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover has been confirmed to contain a potential biosignature. The sample is the best candidate so far to provide ...
The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected ...
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient ...
Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars may have potentially been ...