NASA is probing a sudden loss of contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter after rare 3I/ATLAS data, raising questions about timing ...

CINEMA, a mission to improve understanding of the growing impacts of space weather, has been competitively selected by NASA ...

Firefly plans to launch its lander toward the moon’s South Pole by the end of 2026. Assuming it arrives in one piece, the ...

NASA lost contact with MAVEN during a routine Mars orbit. Discover what happened, why this orbiter is vital, and how recovery might succeed.

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National ...

Imagine an object sailing through the black void, a piece of cosmic shrapnel that was formed in a star system light years ...

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

NASA and its partners have supported humans continuously living and working in space since November 2000. After 25 years of ...

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

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is one of only three NASA missions currently in operation around Mars, and one ...