The Moon’s first nuclear reactor will be more than an engineering feat — it will be a test case for powering Mars missions ...

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) is expected to fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the ...

The TRAPPIST-1 system is a multi-planetary system made of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a cool red dwarf just 40 light-years from Earth. Of the seven, three planets sit in the habitable zone, the ...

This new approach, which will mix NASA assets and commercial infrastructure, would gradually replace the patchwork relay ...

Skywatchers who saw the Venus-Jupiter conjunction saw the start of an upcoming "planet parade" in the eastern sky. Here's ...

NASA is expediting plans to deploy a 100kW nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, aiming to power future lunar bases and ...

As NASA sees change, astronaut and Space Force Brig. Gen. Nick Hague expects the agency to remain laser focused on returning ...

A Ph.D. student and his supervisor have developed a simple way to test for active life on Mars and other planets using ...

For thousands of years, humanity viewed the skies as unchanging, except for a few "wandering stars" (that we now know are planets). As we improved our ability to perceive the cosmos with ...

There are many ways for rovers and spacecraft to look for evidence of life, recent or ancient. Now, researchers report a new ...

The mineral suggests Mars may have been active for longer than we thought, with potential implications for life on the Red ...

Starlink satellites launch weekly from Florida, but what are they exactly? Here's a look at SpaceX's Starlink satellites.