In 2002, Thad Roberts, a NASA intern, stole moon rocks from Johnson Space Center. He was aided by Tiffany Fowler and Shae ...

The Moon’s first nuclear reactor will be more than an engineering feat — it will be a test case for powering Mars missions ...

The TRAPPIST-1 system is a multi-planetary system made of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a cool red dwarf just 40 light-years from Earth. Of the seven, three planets sit in the habitable zone, the ...

Test-run shows how a team of three autonomous robots could search for extraterrestrial environments suitable for sheltering ...

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) is expected to fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the ...

This new approach, which will mix NASA assets and commercial infrastructure, would gradually replace the patchwork relay ...

Skywatchers who saw the Venus-Jupiter conjunction saw the start of an upcoming "planet parade" in the eastern sky. Here's ...

NASA is expediting plans to deploy a 100kW nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, aiming to power future lunar bases and ...

As NASA sees change, astronaut and Space Force Brig. Gen. Nick Hague expects the agency to remain laser focused on returning ...

A Ph.D. student and his supervisor have developed a simple way to test for active life on Mars and other planets using ...

For thousands of years, humanity viewed the skies as unchanging, except for a few "wandering stars" (that we now know are planets). As we improved our ability to perceive the cosmos with ...

There are many ways for rovers and spacecraft to look for evidence of life, recent or ancient. Now, researchers report a new ...