We’ve learned that Mars is the only planet in our solar system that could be habitable, thanks to its temperature and the ...

Combining with one other previously confirmed planet, one of our closest stellar neighbors now has a family of four.

We all know Mars is called “The Red Planet,” but have you ever stopped to wonder—why is it red? The classic joke explanation ...

One part of this plan would require increasing the planet’s atmospheric pressure, and one scientist suggests that capturing ...

Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...

The Perseverance rover on Mars is set to begin its newest challenge: a slog up the rim of the Jezero Crater that will take months to complete. The rover will face steep slopes and difficult terrain, ...

Perseverance has a unique feature: it's the first rover to land on Mars equipped with microphones, so it can not only capture ...

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...

Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than previously thought – ...

In the great tug-of-war between the Sun and its planets, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus are much more susceptible to solar ...

A recent experiment has shown that certain lichen species can remain metabolically active in an environment similar to that ...

From October 2023 to December 2024 — a period encompassing two solar eclipses across the U.S., two new NASA heliophysics missions, and one spacecraft’s history-making solar flyby — NASA celebrated the ...