The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

Europa has a vast, saltwater ocean beneath its icy shell, with more than twice the amount of water in all of Earth’s oceans ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is set to investigate Jupiter’s icy moon for signs of a vast subsurface ocean and the chemical conditions needed for life, with the first meaningful results expected ...

On Dec. 18, just 24 hours before its closest approach, the Green Bank Telescope scanned frequencies from 1 to 12 GHz. Their ...

In a groundbreaking study published in The Planetary Science Journal, researchers have uncovered a fascinating new aspect of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. Their work highlights a unique surface ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing. Dust and rock collected from the ...

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing. Dust and rock collected from the asteroid Bennu ...

NASA's alien-hunting Europa Clipper spacecraft took seven hours of ultraviolet observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS while both objects zoom toward Jupiter. When you purchase through links on ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

You have likely heard Europa described as one of the most promising places to search for life beyond Earth. The icy moon of ...

Officials revealed that an alleged human smuggling operation involving over a dozen individuals has been uncovered inside a Texas home. Authorities with the Texas Department of Public Safety and ...