Space
NASA announced that it will send a new infrared camera to the moon to collect unprecedented temperature data on the boulders and shadows at the surface.
This May, in a remote part of southern Utah, 21 ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder aerospace engineering students, a mix of graduate students and undergrads, became Martians.
A new space mission may soon examine some of the solar system’s most dynamic duos: binary asteroids.
Researchers think they’ve solved the long-standing mystery of how Mars got all of its clouds.
A deep dive into the sun's interior provides new clues to the forces that govern that star's internal clock.
New research shows that the sun could experience a massive burst of energy called a superflare sometime in the next several thousand years.
Want more accurate weather forecasts? You’re in luck: Last month, the first in a planned fleet of satellites launched that will one day record weather data at every point on the globe every 15 minutes.
As NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft enters into a new orbit, researchers reflect on the past and future of this landmark mission that has opened a new window into the evolution of the Red Planet.
Before humans venture farther into space, we have big questions to answer. When and where will we go? How will we interact with life we find there? Experts weigh in on those questions in this episode of the Brainwaves podcast.
This winter, astrobiologist Brian Hynek traveled to one of the loneliest places on Earth to hunt for pieces of alien worlds.