The new year starts with a series of celestial events, from four planets being visible all month to the full moon passing right in front of Mars while Venus and Saturn kiss in the night sky on Jan. 17 ...

"Springtime on Earth has lots of trickling as water ice gradually melts. But on Mars, everything happens with a bang," Serina ...

The space agency will provide a broadcast update on the marquee mission that is intended to recover samples of Martian rock ...

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.

New Insights Into How Mars Became Uninhabitable Oct. 7, 2024 — NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate ...

NASA footage shows fly on Mars rover. An Oct. 24 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows purported images from a ...

NASA has always dreamt of colonizing other planets, and Mars is usually the center of all this. However, recent developments suggest a shift in focus to a different, more challenging destination: ...

Craving some space? Explore these 10 stunning NASA images from recent planetary missions, ideal for your desktop or phone ...

This iconic image captured by the Apollo 8 astronauts in 1968 shows Earth rising over the lunar horizon. It's a reminder of the beauty and fragility of our home planet. This supernova remnant is the ...

NASA’s InSight lander was a very different mission from the space agency’s famous wheeled Mars rovers. It plunked down in the Elysium Planitia region in 2018 and stayed in one spot to study ...

Outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Wednesday he is optimistic SpaceX founder Elon Musk's relationship with President-Elect Donald Trump will help ensure NASA receives the funding needed ...