Created by the sun, the protective bubble of the heliosphere shields our solar system from harmful radiation. A new mission ...

With ally SpaceX, the Italian Space Agency is set to chart and safeguard future astronaut flights to Mars while testing tech ...

According to LiveScience, the comet should pass closest to Earth around Oct. 19-20, and some astronomers think it could be ...

No tricks, but skywatchers may be in for an October treat when a newly discovered comet passes through our skies. Comet ...

Biosphere 2 isn’t just the site of a famous human experiment. Today, scientists there work to understand how life emerges in barren environments.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the equinox symbolizes the onset of shorter days with longer, cooler nights, while in the Southern Hemisphere, spring arrives with longer, warmer days. This year, the ...

Astronomers are trying to understand what caused a series of gamma ray bursts, or GRBs—the most powerful explosions in the ...

NASA’s other rover, Perseverance, landed in the Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, to search for signs of ancient life and collect rock samples for a future return to Earth.

NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a clear panorama of Mars' Gale Crater in August, during the Martian winter when dust levels tend to be at their lowest. Curiosity’s mission continues to study whether ...

NASA scientists say a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater may contain the strongest signs yet of ancient microbial life on Mars, though more analysis is needed before ...

A new NASA mission will capture images of Earth's invisible "halo," the faint light given off by our planet's outermost atmospheric layer, the exosphere, as it morphs and changes in response to the ...

The formation of the island is a concern to experts, highlighting the broader issue of glacier retreat caused by climate change.