Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be ...

Space is a tough environment for humans. Are technologies available to make that trip to Mars more manageable?

In a Martian valley carved by ancient rivers, a four-pound helicopter sat in silence, its blades half-buried in red dust.

The ISS, launched in pieces beginning in 1998, has served as a beacon of global cooperation among the United States, Europe, ...

CO₂ ice blocks on Mars may dig gullies as they slide and sublimate in the thin atmosphere. In lab experiments, scientists recreated these eerie, worm-like movements under Martian conditions. The ...

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red ...

The University of Manchester’s “StarCrete” is twice as strong as traditional concrete, making it a potential solution as a ...

Humanity’s return to the Moon is accelerating—and with it, the question of where astronauts will live once they arrive. One visionary architect believes he has the answer: giant, blown-glass spheres ...