Auroras at Earth’s poles are caused by charged solar particles colliding with the atmosphere—but these glowing wonders aren’t exclusive to Earth; other planets experience auroras too, lighting up ...

The Chinese are known pioneers, and recently they proved it again after launching a pioneering hybrid power system with two ...

Did you know that Canadian feet were actually the first to touch down on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission?

One of the big surprises: Despite the moon's cooled crust, the data shows Io maintains liquid hot lava just below the ground.

Specifically, researchers have identified for the first time an organism capable of maintaining metabolic activity in a ...

Elon Musk has for years made Texas his business home and playground as he launches rockets and builds cars in the Lone Star ...

Hubble’s 35-year journey showcases humanity’s boldest space achievements, capturing everything from new stars forming to ...

The Antarctic Peninsula, one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth, has seen temperatures rise five times faster than the ...

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has traveled over 21.33 miles since it first landed on the Red Planet in 2012. That might not ...

"Before Hubble, no generation ever had access to unimaginably vibrant views of space, stretching almost all the way back to almost the beginning of time." ...

In an era of reusable rockets and near-daily access to space, NASA is still paying more than it did 30 years ago to launch ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...