In a new study, researchers say that nonbiological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundance of ...

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

Tuesday, Feb. 17 marks the Lunar New Year, kicking off two weeks of festivities across the globe. Celebrating the Chinese New Year can be traced back for more than 3,000 years and is traditionally a ...

AI-Driven Robotics for Autonomous Space Exploration. One day, space exploration might make use of astronauts living ...

The latest blueprint for a permanent outpost on the Moon is not just about planting more flags in gray dust. It sketches a ...

Humanity’s first successful lunar lander is missing. Sixty years ago the Soviet Luna 9 became the first human-made object to ...

Scientists have spent decades searching for the final resting place of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. Now they’re on the cusp of finding it ...

A European team has taken a bold step in space robotics with a new mission concept, published in Science Robotics, designed ...

A California-based startup says it is now accepting reservations for what it describes as the world’s first hotel on the Moon. The company, GRU Space, is asking prospective guests to place refundable ...

Former NASA astronauts are worried about the next manned mission because of a risky flaw. What could this issue be?

Abstract: Surface-mobile platforms have explored the moon and the red planet for nearly half century, providing a wealth of scientific data. However, surface mobility on planetary bodies remains a ...

As they roll across shadowed regions of the moon's surface, future lunar rovers could develop hazardous buildups of electric charge on their wheels. Through new analysis published in Advances in Space ...