Perseverance rover data shows Jezero Crater once held a calm lake, leaving behind mudstones rich in organic-linked minerals.

A comet traveling outside the solar system and heading toward the Earth is much larger than scientists first believed, a ...

NASA is inviting the public to take part in 36 “citizen science” projects that let volunteers contribute to real scientific ...

Since we all have a relationship with the Sun, it is important to learn about how it impacts our lives. NASA’s Heliophysics ...

Our solar system’s third discovered interstellar visitor, comet 3I/Atlas, will dip into the glare of the Sun this week, ...

Astronomers are tracking a newly discovered interstellar visitor called 3I/ATLAS, and early research suggests it may be ...

The recent finding by NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars—a possible sign of ancient microbial life in the rock nicknamed ...

“The presence of this mineral puts a lot more nuance on what was going on,” said Mario Parente, an associate professor of ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

New research suggests that the interior of the Moon’s far side may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, adding ...

This article, originally titled "The Man Who Discovered the Universe," is from the Summer 2025 issue of Air & Space Quarterly ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets around a young ...