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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The mineral suggests Mars may have been active for longer than we thought, with potential implications for life on the Red ...

Mars, once thought too cold and dry for liquid water, may briefly host salty brines twice a day during certain seasons. These ...

The dream of traveling to Mars has moved beyond the realm of science fiction and into the realm of reality. With new missions and plans on the horizon, humanity is on the verge of making history by ...

An alternative trajectory developed for a NASA Mars smallsat mission could enable other missions to go to Mars outside ...