NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the ...

The world’s leading space agency has announced it would be shutting down at least three departments to comply with President ...

ESA's Hera spacecraft for planetary defense performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft's trajectory towards the Didymos binary asteroid system, shortening its trip ...

Tense, public squabbles between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA have stirred the space industry, but behind the scenes, space ...

At a pair of benefits on this exclusive island, many well-heeled guests were holding their tongues when it came to politics.

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

The co-chairwoman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had been appointed in 2022 to advise NASA's leadership on scientific programs and investments. In all, some 20 positions will be ...

President Donald Trump isn't interested in making a crewed mission to Mars his "number one" priority. As SpaceNews reports, ...

The move leaves the space agency, which President Trump says will land humans on Mars, without a chief scientist, and no ...

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Research published late last year indicated “seismic discontinuities in the Martian crust” that scientists believe could be an indicator of liquid water under the Martian surface, raising the ...

About 19 positions will be cut, including those in offices focused on technology policy and diversity, equity and inclusion.