The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. In a study published in Device, researchers ...

Additionally, China is also investing in a human lunar program, seeking to land its own astronauts on the surface of the Moon ...

"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss ...

Portal Space Systems has raised $17.5 million to accelerate the development of a space vehicle with a solar thermal propulsion system.

A British start-up has unveiled an ambitious project that could transform space exploration. Their idea? Using nuclear fusion ...

More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among the oldest materials in our solar system, originating from planets, asteroids, and comets. Most meteorites ...

NESS science is compelling, derived from the recommendations of three space science Decadal Surveys, the NASA Astrophysics Roadmap, and the Global Exploration Roadmap. NESS fulfills the Solar System ...

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

The Oort Cloud is the name given to a theorized group of potentially trillions of icy objects on the edge of our solar system. But while it has been accepted as a theory for over 70 years ...

With a radius of 2,106 miles, Mars is the seventh largest planet in our solar system and about half the diameter of Earth. Its surface gravity is 37.5 percent of Earth’s. Mars rotates on its ...