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Despite the fact that Earth-like planets in habitable zones are being identified at a faster and faster rate, there's still no confirmation that life exists or could exist on any of them. One scientist is arguing that's because we need to think outside the box more.
For the first time ever, NASA's Cassini spacecraft recorded a gargantuan hurricane churning around Saturn's north pole on the visible-light spectrum. The hurricane stems from an enigmatic six-sided weather phenomenon known as "the hexagon."
Big news everyone, the Mars rover may have just accidentally drawn a space penis. Unfortunately, the rover apparently doesn't have the same finesse as the artists that decorate bar restrooms, and it's really not the most regal of interplanetary phalluses.
If you haven't had the chance to see the Lyrid meteor shower this year, or couldn't see anything because you live in less than optimal viewing conditions, don't worry.
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, the country's first commander of the International Space Station, is the inspiration for the newly launched interactive space school website created by the National Film Board of Canada, or NFB, called NFB Space School.
The NASA Antares rocket made its maiden voyage Sunday when it was launched off the coast of Virginia at 5 p.m. ET as part of the agency's test mission.
On Friday, April 19, a Russian experiment saw a group of animals being launched into orbit for a month-long project that aims to find out how space travelling affects living creatures.
Scientists from NASA's Kepler mission peering into solar systems 1,200 light-years away have uncovered three more supersized Earthlike planets located in the star's habitable zone.
A NASA press release has revealed that technology currently in development for detecting and tracking asteroids and comets has passed a "critical design test."
NASA announced that images from their Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter may show the spacecraft that the Soviet Union used when they landed on the Red Planet in 1971.
Next time you worry about the rain, just be glad it's not pouring from outer space. A new study by the University of Leicester, England, tracked the "rain" of charged water particles that fall from the rings of Saturn and affects the atmosphere of the planet.
A NASA funded research project at the University of Washington is working on a "fusion powered rocket." If successful, the rocket could potentially send spacecraft to Mars in just 30 days.
Scientists have uncovered evidence that Mars' atmosphere used to be much more dense than it is today. Currently, the red planet's atmosphere is extremely sparse, just 1% of the density of Earth's at sea level, but according to new research, that wasn't always true.
Mars's Curiosity rover, as well as the Opportunity, Odyssey, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. are all taking a little break. This is due to an alignment of the orbits of Earth and Mars that only occurs once every 26 months, a phenomenon that makes communication between the two planets very difficult.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently acquired three retired Dragon Eye planes, or, drones, and sent them to Costa Rica to monitor the Turrialba Volcano to study ongoing sulfur dioxide gas emissions which hurts crops and people.
