The wheels of rovers wear out badly on Mars. NASA is testing new types of wheels made from a special alloy that are less susceptible to deformation.

Ancient ripples suggest a warmer, wetter past for the Red Planet that supported open water on its surface.

Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.

The signs of wave ripples in the sandy shores of ancient lake beds, created as wind pushed water back and forth have been found on Mars providing evidence that there were open bodies of water, not ...

Skywatchers can spot Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the night sky with the naked eye, but two other planets might need a ...

Living on Mars will be no easy feat. Building viable living quarters would require an inflatable habitat that can be covered ...

Next time you're driving around on Mars and need to get your tire replaced, chances are good it'll look something like a revolutionary new version made by NASA and Goodyear. The mesh cage design can ...

Shape memory alloys are metals that can return to their original shape after being bent, stretched, heated, and cooled.

The next logical progression to space exploration would be sending people to Mars, but there are challenges to this, such as ...

For much of January and February, you have the chance to see six planets in our solar system after dark, although two — Uranus and Neptune — will be hard to see without a telescope or high-powered ...

In a letter addressed to the next NASA administrator—who, if Trump’s nomination is confirmed, will be Shift4 CEO and SpaceX ally Jared Isaacman—Nelson highlighted the space agency’s work during his ...

Nuclear thermal propulsion fuel could reduce the travel time for missions to Mars from six months to just 45 days.