After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

On January 29, 1989, a Soviet space probe named Phobos 2 arrived in orbit around Mars. This was the last space mission ...

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...

Samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the asteroid Bennu had organic molecules and minerals and possibly salty water and other life ingredients.

Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' ...

The Planet Parade of 2025 is a truly extraordinary celestial event that has stargazers excited. From January 21 to ...

DEADLY space radiation and rapid outbreaks of disease are just a few of the official Nasa dangers that visitors to Mars will face. The space agency holds a list of “five hazards of human ...

Donald Trump has claimed that it is America's 'manifest destiny' to expand to Mars. So, could the Red Planet really become ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, researchers think they have a good explanation for a warmer, ...

Phobos is unlike any other moon—tiny, close to Mars, and on a ticking clock. Could we actually preserve it before it’s gone ...

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By imaging the dunes, scientists can figure out how much CO2 frost forms on the dunes during the Martian winter. When ...