Tense, public squabbles between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA have stirred the space industry, but behind the scenes, space ...

If venusian clouds contain life, it will be very different than what we know. But terrestrial analogs might still give us ...

Full of extraordinary footage, Robert Stone's blissed-out mind-bender of a movie meditates on the possibilities of life in the universe.

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When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...

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

Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will pass just 550 miles (884 km) above Mars today (1 March). This manoeuvre is designed to ...

"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to ...

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 ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself towards Jupiter's smallest moon later this ...