The Mars Pathfinder lander touched down - or bounced down - on 4 July 1997, becoming the first human mission to reach the Martian Surface since the Viking lander of 1976. The Sojourner is the first ...

Models suggest that impact-ejected material from Earth could reach Venus’ clouds and potentially survive there briefly.

Landing humans on Mars could teach us whether life ever existed beyond Earth, how planets change over time, and how humans can live on other worlds. By studying Mars up close, astronauts could answer ...

Enjoy May’s second Full Moon, see Mercury at its best, spot Titan near Saturn, and much more in the sky this week.

Summer officially arrives in the Northern Hemisphere this month, bringing with it balmy evenings that invite us to look up.

The German duo are returning with the results of their whirlwind session with the late dub legend, best heard in a ‘spatial audio’ installation. They explain why such an unexpected move is par for the ...

From Australia's remote deserts to the surface of Mars, geological mapping underpins how we understand landscapes, natural ...

Summer stargazing begins with some spectacular sights, including the hyped conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, which get close ...

The moon will rise on Saturday night and be visible through Sunday morning throughout the country, peaking at 4:45 a.m. EDT.

Psyche, a spacecraft launched in 2023 to survey an asteroid of the same name, recently beamed back some amazing pictures of ...

A new study suggests Mars could help scientists understand how alien worlds evolve by showing how a once warmer, wetter ...