Surprisingly, a toxic compound found on Mars could help bacteria produce brick-like substances that could be used to assemble habitats on the Red Planet.

A new finding of ammonia on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa could have important implications for the search for ...

NASA’s Artemis II could be the first time human eyes set sight on the farside of the moon — and there are things human eyes can see that cameras can’t.

January brought a wide range of thoughtful science conversations featuring researchers from the SETI Institute, spanning everything from hands-on planetary defense with citizen scientists to careful ...

Reuben “Tihi” Hayslett's commitment to imagination and justice reaches new heights in his forthcoming book, “Orbital Bebop,” a kaleidoscopic collection of speculative tales that leap from Earth to the ...

The research, led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has been published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One.

Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's new avatar is ready. Apart from being an astronaut and the first Indian to fly to the International Space Station (ISS), he is also a scientist now.

NASA has announced it will fuel the Artemis II rocket as part of a simulated launch that will take place as early as Saturday ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

When people are dropped into the most dangerous of conditions – as when disaster strikes, or during exploration of another planet – they generally have the highest number of needs and the lowest ...

As it is getting ready to send people to the Moon once more and targets a human expedition to Mars, American space agency NASA is completely rethinking the way it does things. That includes, among ...