The Lanzarote lava tube system is an accessible testing ground for DLR's SCOUT Rover, tailor-made for navigating the complex ...

According to NASA's SPHEREx mission details, the observatory will survey the entire sky using near-infrared light. Its goals include exploring how galaxies evolved, understanding the structure of the ...

Scientists say the “building blocks for life” have been found inside the rubble of a 500-metre-wide asteroid in a breakthrough study.

This mineral-rich asteroid might have carried the seeds of life. Planetary scientists have discovered organic matter ...

A team of scientists discovered that the near-Earth asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a wealth of minerals and organic molecules, including many that are building blocks of life. But what has the 4.5 ...

The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...

Several other space companies have plans to construct their own space stations as well, including Northrop Grumman, Axiom Space, Nanoracks and Sierra Space. NASA needs at least one of them on orbit ...

Director Cristina Costantini's documentary about the first U.S. woman in space bows at the annual Utah film festival.

The University of California San Diego is positioning itself as a leader in astronomical research as its new Department of ...

In other words, Bennu's samples provide further evidence that life's building blocks formed early in the solar system and ...

The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from ...