The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.

NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit shared jaw-dropping footage of an undulating green aurora as seen during a flyover from the International Space Station.

The Northern Lights are one of the most mesmerizing natural phenomena on Earth, but seeing them from space offers an entirely ...

Astronomers used JWST and gravitational lensing to spot 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years away.

SpaceX and NASA are targeting Jan. 15 for the launch of the private Blue Ghost moon lander from Kennedy Space Center in ...

Learn more about the NASA instrument’s mission to take the first full image of Earth’s magnetic field.

In our solar system, Earth is one of only three worlds that sees temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit, while other ...

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. Administrator Bill Nelson presented two options on Tuesday, less than two weeks before stepping ...

A European service vehicle would help return the cigar-sized samples. The second option uses new commercial capabilities to ...

Throughout January, four planets will line up in the night sky and be simultaneously visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere. Our celestial neighbours Venus and Mars as well as big ...