The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

Finding life in outer space is one of the great endeavors of humankind. One approach is to find motile microorganisms that ...

Mars spacecraft teamed up with an AI model to find a new impact crater on on the Martian surface, changing our understanding of the interior.

A French astrophotographer has captured a stunning photo of Venus and the moon shining above the Eiffel Tower in Paris, ...

No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the red planet never gets old for Mariek Schmidt.

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

Now, researchers have connected 49 seismic events to impact craters, proving that meteorite strikes leave distinct seismic ...

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"When people find out about that they're going to say 'who put that there?'," Buzz Aldrin once said of the monolith.

President Donald Trump recently announced that the United States would work to land astronauts on Mars, preferably within the ...

Continuing the Artemis program and using its planned lunar space station as a staging post would be a more energy efficient ...