Scientists are cataloging and analyzing the first samples collected by NASA's Perseverance rover while the agency weighs its ...

Russia's state-owned Rosatom announced a prototype plasma engine which could speed up travel to other planets.

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...

With funding from NASA, a Texas A&M University graduate student is working to better understand the environment of Mars ...

NASA still views the moon as a stepping stone to Mars, even though Elon Musk has dismissed Earth's nearest neighbor as "a ...

Russia is testing a new plasma rocket engine that would drastically reduce travel time from earth to mars using charged ...

The Sun sets differently on Mars. Part of that is due to its distance from the star (an average of 142 million miles versus ...

The moon makes for an excellent guide to see Mars in the night sky tonight. As the sun sets this evening (Feb. 9), the moon ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover captured stunning images of Martian twilight clouds, revealing iridescent dry ice formations on Mars.

The development of the engine is expected to make interplanetary trips much faster and expand humanity's access to worlds ...

Proponents of going to Mars see peril and opportunity in Elon Musk's close relationship with Trump. Experts say just getting ...