A recent breakthrough in nanotechnology could drastically accelerate the timeline of future space missions. Scientists from ...

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators can turn heat into electricity using a principle called the Seebeck effect, discovered ...

Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the moon? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) ...

While it was getting ready to power down its Gaia spacecraft, the European Space Agency encountered some unusual resistance.

Astronomers are interested in how this tilt affects the atmosphere of Uranus, as well as how the atmosphere works there in ...

"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss ...

"This mission's trailblazing research is rewriting the textbooks on solar science by going to a place no human-made object ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe team won the 2024 Collier Trophy for boldly venturing into the Sun’s atmosphere. With revolutionary ...

Prestigious annual award recognizes exceptional achievement in aeronautics and astronautics in America with respect to ...

The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

Spacecraft near the Earth use large solar panels to harness the Sun for the electricity needed to run their communications systems and science instruments. However, the farther into space you go ...