NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

Sometimes I look at the Moon and realize how little I actually know about it—what it's made of and how it formed. In this ...

The first human Mars explorers won’t have it easy. Every additional day in deep space will increase their exposure to deadly ...

University officials say interest in aerospace engineering and planetary exploration has grown alongside NASA’s Artemis ...

NASA is testing a next-generation space computer chip that could give spacecraft the ability to operate far more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA astronauts are gearing up to fly around the moon for the first time in more than a half-century. The 10-day Artemis mission ...

A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense magnetic ...

Mars exploration is heating up. NASA eyes sample returns and crewed landings by the 2030s, but its current relay satellites -- some decades past design life -- struggle with data traffic from rovers, ...

A little more than three years since NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter ended its pioneering mission at Mars, engineers at the Jet ...