Scientists have taken a close look at our activity within the solar system to determine where to look for signals from intelligent alien life. The findings apply if those extraterrestrials explore ...

Florida's Space Coast has become known for its rocket launches, which has notably increased in the past few years. Aside from the "ooh, ahh" factor of a launch virtually morning, noon or night − with ...

Surprising colors and stunning features are captured in a new image of Mars' surface. Despite being known as the Red Planet, Mars shows off its swirling yellows, oranges and browns in a new satellite ...

Since returning to Earth in April following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut and accomplished photographer Don Pettit has been sorting through the ...

"We have never seen anything quite like it." For about 15 years, a powerful radio telescope on planet Earth dutifully recorded data about a location in the cosmos billions of light-years away from us ...

As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope. A return trip to the red planet would give more than enough time for someone to become pregnant and even ...