The really sticky issue for human habitation of Mars, according to experts, is human health. Between a long and grueling journey with health effects of its own, arriving on the planet will be no ...

The hunt for habitable worlds has become a hot topic in astronomy. For decades, the search has been focused on planets in the ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists anywhere else besides Earth.

To make these lander missions happen, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory team has been working on a robot that could handle the ...

Lunar exploration is entering a new era. Long after the Apollo missions, a renewed international interest comes with ...

NASA is preparing to explore Titan, Saturn’s largest moon - and possibly our best chance at a second home in the solar system. With a thick atmosphere, stable surface, and resources like methane and ...

Jeff Hessel worked at Cape Canaveral in the heyday of the U.S. space program. He now lectures about the experience to groups ...

A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds ...

The conference will be held on May 28 and May 29 in Washington, D.C., with panels available via live webcast online.

NASA hasn't landed humans on Mars yet. But thanks to robotic missions, scientists now know more about the planet's surface ...

Leveraging a bacterial species to build strong bricks from fine, lunar soil-like material, scientists explore a sustainable ...

Lunar Commercial Orbital Transfer Services will likely allow visits of private astronauts to the moon, just as Commercial ...