Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and probing mysteries of the Universe.

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine the sample more closely to know for sure ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the Lasker Awards for biomedical research, how gene editing could cure ...

Was there ever life on Mars? Planetary scientists think there could have been but there hasn’t been any direct evidence.

NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission has uncovered surprising behavior of pickup ions drifting through the solar wind ...

Prize: NASA could offer a prize—say $3 billion to the first company and $1 billion to a second company—for delivering ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover — built and managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge — collected a ...

Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named ...

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient ...

Mercury sits closest to Earth yet missions to reach it face unique challenges. This film reveals why the journey is harder ...

NASA’s earliest space photos have been reborn in breathtaking detail, revealing hidden moments of danger, awe, and discovery ...

The two Viking spacecraft both consisted of an orbiter and a lander. Viking 1 entered Mars’ orbit on June 19, 1976, and successfully landed on the surface on July 20, 1976, which was also the seventh ...