Rice University biology professor Scott Solomon ponders those questions in his new book, "Becoming Martian: How Living in ...

The United States flew a reactor in space in the 1960s and has studied nuclear thermal propulsion for decades. Fuel is not the primary limitation either; the enriched uranium supply chain is ...

If these new experiments can be replicated on Mars, astronauts could build habitats there using on-site resources. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

NASA has selected the California startup Vast to operate the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for summer 2027.

The first crewed mission of the Artemis program won’t land on the moon, but it aims to take four astronauts farther from the ...

The length of a night on Mars isn’t too different from here on Earth, lasting just over 12 hours on average. Thanks to its similar axial tilt, it also experiences longer nights in winter and shorter ...

The Student Assembly addressed email technical issues from the Fall 2025 Undergraduate Referendum and held a public comment during their first meeting of the semester on Thursday. While no ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — In the end, poor weather forced Blue Origin on Sunday to scrub its second launch of its New Glenn rocket. It was supposed to send up NASA’s ESCAPADE mission, which ...

NATIONWIDE — NASA announced on Wednesday that its Perseverance Mars rover may have found signs of ancient microbial life on the red planet. During a teleconference on Wednesday morning, acting NASA ...

Compared with Earth, Mars is tiny, yet it seems to have an outsized effect on our planet’s climate cycles. Similar small planets could affect the climates of worlds beyond our solar system, which we ...

NASA chief Jared Isaacman on Saturday ruled out a March launch for Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in ...

Scientists have long suspected that Mars was once teeming with water, a tropical oasis with vast river systems that may have been able to support life billions of years ago. To get a better picture of ...