The closest place to look for extraterrestrial life is on planets within our solar system.
Hunting for life on other worlds isn’t easy. Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Cole Mathis, ...
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has developed a Declaration of Principles, a set of general guidelines for ...
Rosalind Franklin’s new tech could pave the way for 'radioisotope thermoelectric batteries' in spacecraft.
Created using data from the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), the new video depicts the fractured, uneven ...
ESA's Mars Express orbiter surveyed the vast Nili Fossae trenches, which formed following a massive impact billions of years ...
A lot of people are focused on signs of alien life, but the space telescope will have a lot to say about exoplanet geology and formation.
NASA's Perseverance rover is collecting Mars rock and soil that could contain hints of ancient alie… ...
Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on how life is on Earth? Couldn’t there be totally different kinds of life on other planets? – Henry, age 13, Somerville ...
NASA’s head of heliophysics explains how we weathered the worst solar storm of a generation—and discusses the challenges we ...
Read more about the first satellites to building the first space stations that has expanded our knowledge of the universe.
In the nearly three decades since, the 39-year-old geologist has trekked into dozens of caves around the world: on islands in ...