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Discover NASA's Europa Clipper mission, exploring the icy moon Europa for signs of alien life and revolutionizing our ...

While scientists know there’s water on the Moon, its exact locations and forms remain largely unknown. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers. NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission, designed to ...

In September 1992, NASA launched its Mars Observer, a platform that was meant to continue and expand the studies carried out ...

The Subaru Telescope has discovered new objects beyond the known Kuiper Belt, suggesting a more complex structure at the edge ...

NASA has confirmed proper checkout of the PTD-4 spacecraft’s on-board electronics and support systems, including a small ...

NASA launched the mission on October 14 ... the space agency's Astrobiology Science Communication Guild and Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute. The tour comes with data on the ...

If you are of a certain age, say half a century old or less, you may feel as though you missed the golden age of space exploration ... unwrapping the Solar System, one greatest hit at a time.

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), an innovative mission to test solar sail propulsion, is facing ...

NASA has set an ambitious goal to send humans to Mars by the early 2030s as part of a long-term mission to answer fundamental ...

This Research Topic targets interdisciplinary themes arising from the growth of exoplanetary research and biogenicity—the origin and distribution of life in the universe. By integrating insights from ...