Scientists reveal why time moves faster on Mars than on Earth, and how this affects future space communication and navigation ...

A mysterious interstellar comet known as 3I/ATLAS is about to make its closest approach to Earth in December 2025. Here's ...

Earth’s climate has alternated between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, primarily due to subtle changes in ...

Even worse, the orbit of Mars is elliptical (think of a slight oval rather than a perfect circle), which means that sometimes ...

Regular, alternating layers in Gale Crater may have been deposited as the result of tides raised by a moon at least 18 times ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Blue Origin are planning to launch the ESCAPADE mission, where a pair of satellites will study Mars' magnetosphere. ESCAPADE will eventually help future ...

NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three ...

Leading US scientists and engineers have published a 200-page report, "A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars," ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...

Clocks tick faster on Mars than they do on Earth, in part because Mars experiences less gravitational pull from the Sun. Now scientists have calculated just how much faster -- 477 microseconds, on ...

If you're going to Mars you'd best take along a jar of anti-aging cream because while you're there you're going to age faster ...

Earth has the perfect combination of a livable atmosphere and a protective magnetic field that prevents the Sun's harmful radiation and radioactive solar winds from damaging us, allowing us to live on ...