The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover observed a feather-shaped iridescent cloud, offering insights into Martian atmospheric conditions.

Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from the ...

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Jumping workouts could help astronauts prevent the type of cartilage damage they are likely to endure during lengthy missions to Mars and the Moon, a new study suggests. The researchers found that ...

Antarctica’s only native insect could provide inspiration for how humans could travel into deep space. The tiny midge called ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...

Mars spacecraft teamed up with an AI model to find a new impact crater on on the Martian surface, changing our understanding ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will all be visible to the southeast at night, and all four will be placed high-enough above the horizon to make viewing easier, especially if nearby buildings or ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s. ESA is already planning to send the much-delayed, life-hunting Rosalind Franklin rover ...

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA.

NASA's Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012 and more recently has found evidence of ice-free ancient ponds and lakes on the surface. The rover found small undulations like those seen in ...