China’s ambitions have surged since May 2021, when its Tianwen-1 mission made it the second nation after the U.S. to land on Mars. The Zhurong rover explored Utopia Planitia, paving the way for bigger ...

China is positioning itself to take the lead in one of the most coveted goals in planetary science—returning samples from ...

Researchers are developing bioplastic bubbles from algae that could grow, repair, and protect habitats on Mars without ...

More than $10 billion in funds are included in Trump’s tax and spending bill for NASA programs previously targeted by the ...

Right now, Earth is about 3.1 million miles farther from the sun than it is in early January when it reaches perihelion, its ...

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

The landscape is stark, dark and dramatic, formed by a series of eruptions in the last 16,000 years that have stacked layer ...

An analysis argues that deporting Elon Musk would severely cripple US space exploration and hand dominance to China, ...