A record-setting trove of complex organic molecules identified by NASA's Perseverance rover is giving scientists another clue ...

Did ancient Mars have a vast underground volcanic system like Earth? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated whether ancient ...

See Rocket Lab's "proposed mission architecture" for a Mars sample return mission in this animation. Credit: Rocket Lab Stark Social Security Warning Issued by Majorie Taylor Greene US launches new ...

What architecture leaves in the ground outlasts what it puts in the air. A demolished building disappears from the skyline in a matter of days, but its foundations remain embedded in the soil for ...

Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. On Wednesday, ...

And artist rendering of NASA’s Maven spacecraft in Mars orbit. (Courtesy photo: NASA/Goddard/University of Colorado/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics ...

NASA has officially lost a decade-old Mars orbiter that performed vital scientific and communications work at the Red Planet. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, which launched ...

The Namibian genocide was one of the first genocides of the 20th century. Between 1904 and 1908, tens of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama people were killed under German colonial rule. Despite the ...

SpaceX plans to send a crew of private astronauts on a mission to fly around Mars without landing. Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang will lead the Mars mission, as well as a separate lunar flyby ...

Rocket Lab has expanded deeper into space robotics through the acquisition of Motiv Space Systems The deal aims to strengthen Rocket Lab’s push into Mars exploration and orbital infrastructure Motiv ...

When SpaceX released its investor prospectus last week, it revealed an unusual condition in the compensation deal for CEO Elon Musk: In order for him to earn performance-based shares, the company has ...

NASA released a much-anticipated contract solicitation for a Mars-orbiting spacecraft late last week, kicking off what is sure to be a hotly contested and potentially controversial procurement. At ...