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NASA has found the next best thing as we continue our hunt for extraterrestrial life on Mars: a bear-face-shaped rock formation. The rocky surface of the Red Planet is covered in craters, canyons, and volcanoes, which together create a…

In Antarctica, scientists have discovered a meteorite containing some of the solar system's earliest material, a space rock for the ages, according to their findings. Maria Valdes, a researcher at the Chicago Field Museum, told the…

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet whose orbit is degrading as it orbits an old star. The unfortunate planet, discovered by the Kepler space telescope, is on a collision course with its expanding star, which will finally destroy…

With current rocket technology, NASA's manned mission to Mars would take seven months. According to the space agency, a nuclear-powered spacecraft could complete the journey in just 45 days. The design, which has been in the works in…

The United States and China are both developing ambitious lunar exploration programs, with aspirations to put astronauts on the moon and construct dwellings and infrastructure in orbit. NASA picked Elon Musk's SpaceX in April 2021 to…

In recent weeks, California has been pounded by a number of storms, and NASA has released satellite photographs depicting flood water pouring toward the coast. Since December 26, more than 32 trillion gallons of precipitation have…

NASA has uncovered a potentially habitable planet of Earth's size. Tuesday, the finding was presented at the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle, Washington. According to Emily Gilbert, a postdoctoral scholar…

Russia will launch a rescue spacecraft to the International Space Station next month in order to retrieve three crew members whose initial capsule was destroyed by a meteorite. Last month, the docked Soyuz MS-22 sprung a significant…