ESA's Hera spacecraft for planetary defense performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft's trajectory towards the Didymos binary asteroid system, shortening its trip ...

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

The mysteries of the Martian atmosphere are beginning to unravel thanks to a recent study. Researchers have discovered a key and unexpected player in the atmospheric circulation of the ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper is using Mars and Earth’s gravity to travel efficiently to Jupiter. The spacecraft will study Europa’s ...

Two Mars gravity assists are expected, and NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally set to come home from an extended stay on the International Space Station. Here are five space ...

With its iconic rusty hue, Mars has long been called the red planet. Now, scientists may have discovered the potential source of that distinctive coloring, overturning a popular theory in the process.

He and his colleagues investigated the formation of this ice sheet by combining geophysical models of Mars's thermal evolution with calculations of glacial isostatic adjustment, along with gravity, ...

With completion of the last production unit of the B61-12, the nuclear gravity bomb has fully transitioned into the stockpile. Scientists in the United States have achieved a major milestone by ...

"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life," he added. "It's thought that the earliest life on Earth began at locations like this, near the interface of air and shallow water." ...

Mars wasn't always the dusty red desert we know today. Billions of years ago, waves may have crashed against sandy beaches ...