A large lunar crater featured in the iconic 'Earthrise' photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its ...

In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...

If life can thrive and survive under the ice in Antarctica, it might also be possible it can thrive in extraterrestrial environments too' ...

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, ...

Europa Clipper is NASA’s bold mission to investigate whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could harbor life beneath its frozen surface. The video explains how engineers designed the spacecraft to ...

While asteroids have diverse resources, including some not found on the moon, space rocks alone may not be able to support a robust space mining industry.

The European Space Agency plans to launch the Jupiter ICY Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Jupiter in June 2022. JUICE will rely on the gravitational pull of Venus and Earth to make a 7.6-year journey around ...

Scientists had assumed that the ice in space was purely amorphous, but new experiments show it can have a partly crystalline structure similar to ice on Earth.

A nearly full moon begins the week with a visit to the red supergiant Antares. Venus continues to dazzle as the “Morning Star” reaches its highest pre-dawn altitude, while Jupiter makes a ...

With fireworks, a parade, car show and other sizzling activities, there is much to choose from around St. Cloud this Fourth of July.

The mysterious blast site of the Tunguska Event of 1908 is revealed in satellite images obtained by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8.

The same is not the case with a Jupiter moon, Europa, perhaps our best chance to find life elsewhere in the solar system.