Insulation provided by carbon dioxide ice above the martian polar caps could explain many of the Red Planet’s ancient river features.

November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.

Sixth test flight of the largest rocket to ever fly will feature another attempt at catching the Super Heavy booster and ...

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As the ISS ages and is eventually decommissioned, private companies may operate the orbital platforms of the future.

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NASA has identified nine locations near the Moon’s south pole for the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17.

A six-mile-thick crust of methane trapped in water ice could explain many of the saturnian moon's weird properties ...

A century ago this month, a brash astronomer leaked a discovery that opened our view to the cosmic distance scale and the ...

Mars’ features are starting to become visible, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and the Trifid Nebula glows in the sky ...

Mars is brightening and the giant planet Jupiter is reaching its best apparition in a decade for Northern Hemisphere ...