Scientists detected gases on exoplanet K2-18b linked to life on Earth. The James Webb Space Telescope's future results show a ...

NASA's Curiosity rover was built for a 2-year Mars mission. Nearly 14 years later, it is still making history in Gale Crater.

NASA’s Viking 1 lander set down in the Chryse Planitia region of Mars. Its identical twin, Viking 2, followed on Sept. 3 of ...

June 6, 2026 A lightweight new X-ray telescope could finally give scientists something they’ve never had before: a complete chemical map of the Moon. Researchers used detailed mission simulations to ...

The hunt for ancient life on Mars just got an important test run. Scientists confirmed that the Rosalind Franklin rover's ...

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ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover will use MOMA to search for ancient Martian life by analyzing chiral organic molecules.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - Using NASA's Perseverance rover, scientists are getting a greater understanding ...

Exoplanet science has moved fast since the first confirmed discoveries in the 1990s. Astronomers have since identified more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system, ranging from scorching gas ...

NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has a new method for detecting worlds beyond the solar system, and it is thanks to ...