A British propulsion company is aiming to harness nuclear fusion and drastically cut travel times to far off places in space.

A stunning discovery on Mars has revealed the longest organic molecules ever found on the planet—carbon chains that could ...

A new study, published in IMA Fungus, reveals that lichens not only survive but also function in environments similar to those on the red planet. Such a discovery flies in the face of previously-held ...

Here is how death in space would be handled today: If someone died on a low-Earth-orbit mission – such as aboard the International Space Station – the crew could return the body to Earth in a capsule ...

In most photos, the surface of Mars looks like an empty red wasteland. But if you look a bit closer, the remnants of an ...

Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, which took place from March 10–14 in The Woodlands, Texas, witnessed some very ...

A British startup called Pulsar Fusion has come up with a wild new concept for a nuclear fusion-powered space rocket.

With ambitions for human missions to Mars gaining momentum, scientists are raising red flags over a stealthy and potentially ...

All winter long the great constellation Orion the Hunter has roamed our skies, with its bright belt of three stars in nearly ...

The Sweden Solar System is the largest scale model of the Solar System in existence, and it spans the entire Swedish territory. It was created by astronomers Nils Brenning and Gösta Gahm to help ...