Researchers who examined data from Perseverance found that the rocks contained organics that could have been the precursors ...

Today, Earth’s moon is uninhabitable and does not contain a trace of life. It does not have much of an atmosphere, a drop of ...

The rover carries a drill to penetrate rocks and tubes to hold the samples gathered from places judged most suitable for ...

NASA's Lunabotics Challenge is a competition open to US college students to create robots that can build berms out of ...

A highlight of the evening was a virtual panel, Moments in Orbit, where NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague and Butch ...

This has been a most interesting year to follow Mars. If you've been monitoring the Red Planet since the start of 2025, you have no doubt noted the dramatic change in its brightness as well as the ...

High-energy particles zipping through the cosmos are harmful to life on Earth, but scientists think it could be food for ...

A recent poll conducted by CBS News provides an encouraging look into public support for the Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon and eventually send humans to Mars. Sixty-seven percent of ...

The Moon passes 1.4° north of Mars at 6 A.M. EDT; the two are visible together this evening, slowly setting in the western sky and visible for a few hours after sunset. Both now lie in western Leo, ...

A full moon, also known as the Flower Moon, will occur at 12:56 P.M. EDT, appearing slightly smaller than average due to its proximity to apogee. The full moon will rise in the southeastern horizon ...

Look to the western horizon to catch a fleeting glimpse of the thin crescent moon alongside the red glow of Mars on Aug. 26, set among the stars of the constellation Virgo. Mars will sit less than 10 ...