The researchers discovered the candidate world while examining data gathered by the NASA Kepler space telescope in 2017. It ...

Far out in the dark between the stars, a small visitor is carving a path through our solar system and leaving behind patterns ...

On Episode 196 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Scott Solomon, Rice Univeristy professor and researcher, about humanity's need to expand its presence into the solar system.

After the Red Planet reemerged from conjunction — a period when NASA doesn't communicate with spacecraft because Mars is behind the sun from Earth's point of view in space — scientists began planning ...

Astronomers are tracking a visitor called 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object ever observed. The two previous instances were 1I/’Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019. 3I/ATLAS is ...

Plasma propulsion transforms an inert propellant – often hydrogen – into plasma, a superheated mix of ions and electrons. Magnetic fields then funnel and accelerate the ...

From dazzling Jupiter high in the evening sky to elusive Mercury low at sunset, February 2026 offers one of the year's best ...

This past December, Perseverance successfully completed a route through a section of the Jezero crater plotted by Anthropic's ...

Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

Despite being the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, Mars presents extraordinary obstacles for human exploration. The vast distance, requiring months of travel and careful orbital alignment, ...

NASA lost contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter in early December and has been unable to reconnect with the vehicle. NASA plans to resume efforts to hail the spacecraft now that the solar conjunction ...

Space.com reports new research showing that Mars has a measurable role in shaping Earth’s long-term climate. Using detailed computer simulations of the solar system, researchers found that Mars’ ...