Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central ...

Billions of years ago, it rained on Mars. The water collected in valleys and rivers, filled and spilled over the rims of ...

Scientists have detected tiny lightning bolts on Mars for the first time — they were found discharging around NASA's ...

The discovery of a black mold thriving inside the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in 1990 has reshaped scientific views on radioactivity and its potential applications for future space colonization. This ...

The picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade orbiters bound for Mars presages a fantastical new age in exploring the planets, ...

NASA is treating food as mission-critical hardware for Mars, designing future habitats where crops grow alongside ...

As we travel from Mars’s equator toward the planet’s northern regions, we arrive at Coloe Fossae. This landscape is characterized by long, shallow grooves that cut across an area filled with steep ...

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's ...

NASA has drafted its Mars rover Perseverance to help monitor the sun’s activity. Every day for the next two months, the rover ...

The presence of electrical activity has implications for surface chemistry, future human exploration and habitability on the ...

A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected ...

This video exposes the astonishing ants that willingly explode to defend their colony. It reveals how their bodies are packed ...