A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

This story was updated to correct inaccurate position of Mars and ... sunset and set with the sunrise. The Sun is the center of orbit for every planet in the Solar System. The Earth, at times ...

Mars will make its closest approach to Earth this weekend while rising to its highest point in the night sky. On Sunday (Jan. 12), the Red Planet will make its close approach of Earth at 8:32 a.m ...

It's been a while now since American space agency NASA seriously started considering bringing pieces of planet Mars to Earth for study ... them inside tubes as set locations, another vehicle ...

Tonight (Jan. 13), bright Mars will disappear behind the full Wolf Moon for several hours before reappearing on the other side. It's the only lunar occultation of Mars visible from the U.S. this year.

The study of ancient lava formations on Mars is the most complete to date from a series of observations conducted on the floor of Jezero crater, where NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down nearly fou ...

The Perseverance rover is building up a stash of rocks on Mars that could contain the first-ever signs of alien life, but NASA is scrambling to figure out how it will bring them back to Earth for ...

So close and yet so far. It’s an apt expression for the planet Mars these days. With the red planet moving in for its closest approach to Earth for the rest of this decade, NASA officials are ...