Perhaps the biggest hurdle to humankind’s expansion throughout the solar system is the prohibitive cost of escaping Earth’s gravity.

The surface of the moon and rocky planets, Mars in particular, are of huge interest to anyone trying to explore our solar system.

A tiny piece of rural Washington state—and some of its “inhabitants”— blasted off into space from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Researchers found the martian origin of the 4.48-billion-year-old Black Beautymeteorite, whose origin is one of the oldest regions of Mars.

According to this scenario, life on Earth was originally based on RNA only, and DNA and protein enzymes evolved later.

Scientists propose the idea of a multilayer deflective film to be deployed at the Lagrangian Point decreasing the incident sunlight by 1.8%.

The study followed astronauts over the last seven years to understand bone recovery after ‘long-duration' spaceflight.

A research team from Japan has investigated the viability of using such microwave-powered propulsion for real-world applications.

New project examines the differences between human sleep patterns on earth and in space using ear-EEG-tech developed at Aarhus University

At present, there is no other equipment that can detect minute amounts of bio-residue on a rock during the daytime. Biofinder can.

Samples from the Moon's Oceanus Procellarum may be able to calm at least one scientific squall: the source of lunar water.

The Andromeda galaxy, our Milky Way's closest neighbor, is the most distant object in the sky that you can see with your unaided eye.

New research suggests an unseen ‘mirror world’ of particles might be the key to solving a major puzzle in cosmology – the Hubble constant.

Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration.

New discovery opens the door for scientists to see ideas in action that were previously only understood in theory or represented in science.

Long-duration space flight alters fluid-filled spaces along veins and arteries in the brain, according to new research

Soil on the moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels, scientists in China report.

A futuristic technique conceptualized by Stanford scientists could enable astronomical imaging far more advanced than any present today.

The sensor is a surveying tool for both navigation and science mapping, able to create ultra-high-resolution 3D maps at centimeter precision

Researchers have demonstrated Alfvén waves accelerating electrons under conditions that correspond to Earth’s magnetosphere.