With climate change, economic insecurity, and pandemics stressing the world's resources, why spend all this money on space ...

"It's amazing that after 35 years, Hubble still holds a unique capability as a top workhorse for science discoveries and ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

A British start-up has unveiled an ambitious project that could transform space exploration ... reducing travel times within the Solar System. These rockets, developed by Pulsar Fusion, would ...

Scientists from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, together with scientists from the University of Graz, ...

Mercury is definitely in need of exploration. NASA's Mariner 10 performed ... Tacking the winds that ply the solar system may yet have its day, and we may soon be solar-sailing to Mercury.

offering a potential solution to one of space exploration's biggest challenges: reliable energy sources. "The solar cells used in space now are amazing, reaching efficiencies of 30% to even 40% ...

"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss the opportunity." In 2017, scientists spotted our solar system's first ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take ...

NESS science is compelling, derived from the recommendations of three space science Decadal Surveys, the NASA Astrophysics Roadmap, and the Global Exploration Roadmap. NESS fulfills the Solar System ...

With a radius of 2,106 miles, Mars is the seventh largest planet in our solar system and about half the diameter of Earth. Its surface gravity is 37.5 percent of Earth’s. Mars rotates on its ...

He lectures about science, the future, and space. Chief engineer for solar system exploration at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Gentry Lee lectures about space, designs computer games, produces ...