From India's trial missions for its first crewed spaceflight to the UAE's attempt at achieving a landing on the moon, 2026 has many space ambitions in store.

"It's really not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration," Ehlmann said. "It is an 'and' — it's robotic and ...

As a rocket revolution sets the stage for astronauts to explore Mars, advances in bioengineering could help them survive the ...

Just four days after it passed in front of the Pleiades star cluster, the moon will cross paths with another noteworthy celestial object on Monday evening, Jan. 13, when it will cover the planet Mars, ...

Keep an eye on the sky Monday evening to see the wolf moon, the first full moon of the year. And some sky-gazers will be able to glimpse a cosmic magic trick when the moon appears to pass in front of ...

US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that he wants to send astronauts back to the moon as soon as possible, ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

Mars looks quiet today, but new research suggests the planet’s surface still carries the rhythm of a vanished companion. Sediment patterns in an ancient lake bed point to regular rises and falls in ...

A bevy of supermoons, a dramatic total solar eclipse and a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse are some of the highlights of the ...

Doing the persnickety calculations of how fast clocks tick on Mars relative to Earth, two scientists have discovered that ...