In a scene that sounds straight out of science fiction, the spacecraft deliberately crashed into the pyramid-sized asteroid ...

A photo recently beamed to Earth by NASA’s trusty Curiosity rover shows significant damage to its middle right wheel, but the ...

What are some skywatching highlights in October 2024? A potentially bright comet (C/2023 A3) to look for after mid-month, ...

Images captured by Curiosity's onboard cameras show several large tears in the tire of one of the rover's wheels. However, the damage does not appear to be slowing the roaming robot down.

One idea that is regaining momentum involves feeding fungal species to build materials that would be stronger than concrete and provide other benefits as well.

Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from ...

In fact, this particular rock may even be one of a kind. It was discovered by NASA's Perseverance rover exploring the Jezero ...

Martinez, also known as Jacky, was born and raised for most of her adolescence in Cusco, Peru.  “It was a lot of fun activities growing up there, going to cultural sites every weekend and learning ...

This month's viewing tips for Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter. When's the best time to observe the destination of NASA's next ...

A new study on Mars' paleo-bedforms has mapped various ancient landscape features shaped by climatic forces like wind and ...

A mysterious black-and-white striped rock recently spotted on Mars is unlike any seen on the Red Planet before, which has ...

This fall, two new picture books explore the curiosity, science, history, and art behind some distinctive missions—each with ...