When the orbit of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft took it behind the Red Planet on December ...

Within just a few years, the idea of booking a room in orbit may shift from science fiction to a line item on a luxury travel ...

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for ...

China launches new Guowang satellites, Long March 12A launch and landing attempt date set China launched new Guowang ...

Interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas is hurtling towards Earth and is course to reach its closest point to us next week as it zooms ...

Expedition 74 crew conducts stem cell and space technology research aboard the ISS, maintains life support systems and prepares for upcoming cargo and science rack transfers, according to 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 ...

A consortium of American scientists and engineers filed a report that stridently makes the case for putting boots down on ...

Like Ghaskadbi, many researchers can trace their initial childhood interest in science to a gift. Dozens of readers of the Nature Briefing responded to our call asking about their favourite presents — ...

Cosmic dust trapped, or blocked, by Arctic ice allowed researchers to map 30,000 years of sea-ice history. Their findings ...

Catch up to 120 meteors an hour as the Geminid meteor shower peaks Dec. 13–14 under dark skies across the U.S.

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to discover that a distant "hot Jupiter" planet has two ...