The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an ...

Psyche has an unusual propulsion system which uses ionized xenon and which gives off a blue glow. These thrusters use tiny amounts of xenon and expel charged atoms to move forwards. While electric ...

Before Perseverance was launched, NASA equipped it with nine bits: one for Martian soil, two for removing the dust-covered ...

I dive into the bizarre and controversial claims of Project Pegasus—a top-secret government initiative allegedly involving ...

This Food Science for Relief and Development column discusses a small food extruder developed at Purdue University and now ...

Elon Musk has updated SpaceX’s Mars ambitions, predicting the first uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in 2026, with the ...

Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who has been to space twice and is Trump's pick to head NASA, could be one step closer to ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Bhavya Lal, the former acting Chief Technologist at NASA explains how nuclear power could unlock humanity’s next giant leap in space.

What are the best methods to explore Valles Marineris on Mars, which is the largest canyon in the solar system? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...

The agency said Tuesday it demonstrated the ability of the new hazard detection technology to perform a precise landing. The ...

Catch some morning meteors, see the Moon reach First Quarter, and watch Mars visit the Beehive in the sky this week.

Once a year, this planet passes through a celestial beehive typically seen in the night sky during the spring. And it's about ...