Earth's Dynamic Magnetic Fortress Our magnetosphere plays the role of gatekeeper, repelling unwanted energy that's harmful to ...

"We have found a habitable environment," said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the Curiosity mission. "The water that was here was so benign and supportive of life that if a ...

CO₂ ice blocks on Mars may dig gullies as they slide and sublimate in the thin atmosphere. In lab experiments, scientists recreated these eerie, worm-like movements under Martian conditions. The ...

MIT-led research uncovered chemical remnants of the proto Earth, offering a glimpse of the planet’s 4.5-billion-year-old ...

We're just weeks away from this interstellar visitor reaching its brightest in Earth's night skies. Will we see it?

SpaceX’s luck appears to be turning, as the company notched a second straight successful test flight of the Starship launch ...

With the successful 11th test flight of its Starship megarocket, SpaceX is on the cusp of a new era in spaceflight ...

New study shows Mars went through shrinking ice ages, revealing how it lost water and where future missions might find what's ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been busy, and honestly, it’s like getting a whole new set of eyes on the universe.

SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around the ...

A new University of Michigan study offers one of the most detailed pictures so far of how violent sun storms spread across ...