Jupiter and Mars will appear to make ultraclose approaches to the moon on two nights this week. Here's how to get the best ...

According to SpaceX’s own calculation, the Roadster completed its first orbit around the Sun in August 2019 and made its first close approach to Mars on Oct. 7, 2020.

Finding life on another planet would be a world-changing discovery for humanity. But actually detecting it is no simple task.

Winner of a presidential award Natalya Cherkashina said that her research was aimed at developing radiation shielding composites to protect cosmonauts and electronic equipment during long orbital flig ...

The search for alien life could be boosted by a simple new test, say scientists. They believe the movement of microbes may ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

Researchers have now developed a simple test that could get us closer to the answer. The new method involves looking for ...

This anime series about people whose job entails collecting space garbage is a masterful blend of sci-fi drama and political ...

"It is possible that asteroid 2024 YR4 will fade from view before we are able to entirely rule out any chance of impact in ...

This week sees a special stargazing event, as as up to six planets will be visible in a line in the night sky.

A perfectly square-shaped structure on Mars, 3 kilometers wide, spotted in NASA’s Mars Orbiter Camera images, has sparked ...