They're not actual spiders, of course, but rather strange geological features.

The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the ...

NASA’s Opportunity rover became one of the most successful interplanetary missions in human history. However, that incredible journey came to a dramatic end in 2019 after 15 years of record-breaking ...

Learn how glaciers melt and contribute to seas rising in this animated explainer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, modified the backup Mariner 4 spacecraft to operate closer to the Sun, and on June 14, 1967, NASA launched Mariner 5 on a 127-day ...

After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the ...

MA90 is set to fly past the Earth on Tuesday, July 15. With an estimated diameter of 88.8 meters, that comes out to around 145 Elmos, thanks to measurements taken by Drew Brees.

Sixty years ago today, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft took the first up-close images of Mars, changing humanity's understanding ...

Of all the threats that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk hurled at one another as their alliance fell apart, those targeting Musk’s contracts with the US government have the potential to do the ...

Got a Space Nerd in your car, then you have to visit a NASA site. NASA Visitor Centers are scattered across the U.S. and are ...

On Episode 168 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik jump into the headlines, and boy are there a lot of them! Welcome to the "Survivor: NASA" edition!

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has learned to pull off daring 120-degree rolls that give its SHARAD radar ...