Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex ...

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once ...

With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...

A TOP scientist claims she was sacked by Nasa after raising concerns about alien life on Mars. Catharine Conley, the agency’s Planetary Protection Officer from 2006 to 2017, also fears SpaceX ...

"NASA will hold off sending commands to its Mars fleet for two weeks, from Nov. 11 to 25, while Earth and the Red Planet are on opposite sides of the Sun," the space agency announced on Friday.

WASHINGTON — The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first ...

Mars is officially at its closest on Sunday, when its distance from Earth will shrink to just more than 96 million kilometres away. But any night this month should be considered prime viewing time.

Mars is farther away from the sun than Earth, so its year is roughly twice as long as ours, and even though our two planets do come close every time the Earth catches up to it, like a runner on an ...