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In April, scientists captured global attention by announcing they'd found a molecule in a faraway planet's atmosphere that ...

Monday’s single-sol plan included a marathon 45-meter drive (about 148 feet), which put us in position for two full sols of ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

The latest selfie by NASA's Perseverance rover at Mars has captured an unexpected guest: a Martian dust devil.

Perseverance rover of NASA recently captured green lights on Mars. This happened after a solar eruption hit the planet. The ...

From moon missions to Mars rovers, space exploration has become a regular part of the news and a shared goal for many ...

NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a ...

"It took three unsuccessful attempts before we got it right, but when we did, it appeared exactly as we had imagined it; as a ...

Researchers reawakened roll thrusters for Voyager 1, restoring a backup system months before an Earth antenna sending ...

This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future ...