A big step in the exploration of other planets in our solar system is within reach as NASA makes a big announcement.

NASA says there's now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into the moon in 2032. The space agency had been ...

Here's what planets will be aligning this weekend, and when you can see them. The conjunction will include Venus and Saturn. ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system. Better known as Deinococcus radiodurans, this microbe is arguably the ...

Florida stargazers can see the Milky Way without special equipment. Learn when and where to spot our galaxy's bright center.

North East researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unexpectedly complex behaviour in Jupiter’s northern lights.

Tests involving growing chickpea plants in lunar regolith treated with vermicompost and fungi yielded harvestable crops — but ...

As the U.S. plans to return to the moon with the upcoming Artemis II mission, a question endures: What will future lunar explorers eat? According to new research from The University of Texas at Austin ...

Homegrown chickpeas could be on the menu for future astronauts. With help from compost and symbiotic fungi, chickpea plants grow and produce seeds in simulated lunar dirt, researchers report March 5 ...

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - If the idea of lunar hummus seems far-fetched, think again. Scientists working to cultivate ...

Scientists demonstrated that an Earthly extremophile might withstand being ejected from the Red Planet on debris spewed into ...

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University have successfully ...