We should be very grateful for our planet’s magnetic field every day, but in particular when there is a massive solar storm.

NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally split open a rock on Mars on May 30, 2024, exposing bright yellow crystals that turned out to be pure elemental sulfur, a material never before identified on the ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has reached a significant milestone in its journey towards space exploration. The rocket’s BE-4 engines successfully passed a critical test, marking a significant step ...

A huge solar storm struck Mars in 2024, supercharging its upper atmosphere and briefly disrupting spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.

What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced Sunday that his company had “shifted focus” from taking humans to Mars to building a ...

A view inside the sandbox portion of NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Analog, where research volunteers participate in simulated walks on the surface of Mars. NASA is not quite sending astronauts to ...