With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched NASA's Europa Clipper mission Monday to investigate Europa, a moon of Jupiter's that has an icy surface which may have an ocean under it, teeming with life. (Photo ...

After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft ...

Visiting Space Coast, Florida? Tourists may want to see a launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral, an hour ...

NASA has tasked a University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist who studies extremophiles with figuring out what aliens ...