After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...

Mars' global magnetic field may have hung around for 200 million years longer than scientists had thought, possibly giving ...

A recent report out last month from NASA’s Office of the Inspector General highlighted some of the big challenges to keeping ...

While such organisms may or may not exist in the universe, the research has important implications for future human endeavors ...

Rocks Collected on Mars Hold Key to Water and Perhaps Life on the Planet: Bring Them Back to Earth Aug. 14, 2024 — Between July and November of 2022, NASA's Perseverance rover collected seven ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.

Imagine being able to watch Earth breathe, capturing each subtle shift in the ground, tracking everything from tectonic ...

These are just a taste of the discoveries made by the $10 billion Webb telescope since it began science observations in 2022.

The history of space voting starts in 1996 when astronaut John Blaha couldn’t physically vote in that year’s presidential ...

NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will help interpret data from missions like NASA's Europa Clipper.