A Brazilian cosmologist studying near-Earth asteroids wasn't looking for a shortcut to Mars — but he found one anyway.

Astronomers probed whether an asteroid’s path could be used to find hidden shortcuts in space. They particularly looked at ...

A crewed expedition to Mars promises to push the absolute limits of human endurance. To grasp the sheer scale of the journey, ...

Mars orbiters have given astronomers an unexpected new vantage point on 3I/ATLAS, sharply tightening estimates of the interstellar visitor’s trajectory through the inner solar system. By combining ...

In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) is our best bet for "living off the land" for a future Martian base, but tracking down ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured images of hilly terrain on Mars, described by scientists as resembling spiderwebs from orbit, which provide clues about the planet’s watery past. According to Nasa ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were carved by rivers, so it was once warm enough for liquid water. How—and ...