Locked inside a frozen rock from the edge of the world is a story that began before Earth had oceans, continents or even a ...

Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...

In the early 1980s, two Soviet-era missions, Venera 13 and 14, measured sound waves on Venus, producing a measurement of wind ...

Last month, the European Space Agency used five of the science instruments attached to its JUICE spacecraft to examine ...

Forty years ago, Voyager imaged Uranus and presented the world with a new mystery. Upon further inspection, it may have just ...

The 3I/ATLAS object is unusual because it came to the Solar System from “interstellar space.” 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar ...

Key Findings A single scientific term has ignited global speculation. Cryovolcanism—rare even in the outer solar system—is ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists believe they may have resolved a 39-year-old mystery about the radiation belts ...

In 2025, NASA faced unprecedented uncertainty as it grappled with sweeping layoffs, looming budget cuts, and leadership ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...

Gravity and motion make time pass faster on Mars than Earth, reshaping navigation, communication, and future crewed missions.