Space
Mars is a dangerous place for vulnerable humans—but robotic space missions can probe the planet's radiation, dust storms and other threats safely and for a fraction of the cost of crewed missions.
One day, Earth will send human astronauts to Mars. A team of aerospace engineers is studying how we can get them there—and back—safely.
Scientists will probe whether the far side of the moon can become an unprecedented laboratory to study the early history of the universe.
The mission, launched in July 2020 and aided by researchers from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, will orbit Mars to gather crucial scientific data on its atmosphere.
In this Q&A, aerospace engineer Iain Boyd talks about what happens to vehicles when they hit speeds of 4,000 miles per hour or more and how those conditions might affect efforts to land humans on Mars.
Scientists believe that planets like Earth bob in a sea of gravitational waves that spread throughout the universe. Now, an international team has gotten closer than ever before to detecting those cosmic ripples.
From diving Neanderthals to saliva-based COVID-19 tests, we remember the year in research at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·.
Scientists say that the way that dust moves and transforms around the sun may give them new insights to how Earth and its neighboring planets formed more than 4.5 billion years ago.
Why is the sun's atmosphere millions of degrees hotter than its surface? New research provides tantalizing hints.
A new NASA-funded effort will explore the processes that make planets habitable—or turn them into barren wastelands.