Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the thick ice shells of bodies like Europa.

NASA’s Cassini mission provided the world with unparalleled views of Saturn and its rings. After 13 years, its final images ...

During that solar orbit, "the angle of the Saturn's rings relative to the sun varies by 26.7 degrees," NASA says. During that variation, the planet's rings are edge-on to the sun at least twice in ...

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Engineers at NASA spent years developing the Saturn V rocket to take man to the surface of the moon. Rocket scientists spent around five years ...

“Times vary by location, so check your favorite skywatching app for details,” NASA advises. Further into the month, on January 17 and 18, Venus and Saturn will appear a mere finger’s width apar ...

Twenty years ago, the Huygens probe achieved humanity's first landing on a moon in the outer solar system when it touched ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn, while outside ... Released from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, the Huygens probe ...

NASA has successfully tested innovative shape memory alloy spring tires for Mars rovers, enhancing durability on rugged terrain. Shape memory alloys are metals that return to their original shape ...

Update: This story has been updated to reflect a move in the launch date. Currently listed as launching no earlier than 1 a.m. Friday per the Space Coast Office of Tourism, Blue Origin's brand new ...

Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a widely recognized organization, they’re often not the most famous individual in the agency. More people probably know the ...