When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good idea of where to look.

A group of people step inside a sealed habitat — and for the next year, they won’t really be on Earth anymore. Inside this ...

The new head of NASA predicts a manned mission to Mars in 10 years. Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Victoria Chamberlin Mr. Douthat is a columnist and the host of the “Interesting Times” podcast.

mars sitting on a field of stars - Eyeem Mobile Gmbh/Getty Images NASA has been working toward one of its most exciting and ambitious Mars missions – its goal of putting humans on the Red Planet – for ...

Let's all recall that in the Moon landings, no science was performed by the Astronauts. Apollo was a magnificent geopolitical success, but the science was in the surface sample returns that were ...

CEO Elon Musk confirmed SpaceX plans to go public, with reports suggesting an IPO in mid-to-late 2026. Experts believe the move could help fund the company's ambitious goal of establishing a human ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That's the future that NASA's ESCAPADE, or Escape and ...

NASA is going to Mars. This much we know -- but the devil is in the details. For example, "going to Mars" isn't quite as simple a proposition as, say, going to Minneapolis. Here on Earth, when you ...

NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft will uncover how the Sun stripped Mars of its atmosphere. Mars is a very different world today than it once was. Scientists believe the planet used to have a thicker ...

The northern ice ap of Mars seen from space - NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Humanity has dreamed about discovering life on alien planets for as long as we have dreamed about visiting other worlds. Since Mars ...