From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

High-resolution images from NASA’s HiRISE camera reveal unprecedented detail inside Valles Marineris, the largest canyon ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

In 2026, there will be journeys to the moon and Mars, new visions of the cosmos and a solar eclipse that might be worth ...

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This summer, scientists spotted an incredibly rare visitor to Earth’s solar system—a comet, now known as 3I/ATLAS, that entered our solar system from the galaxy beyond and is zipping past the sun at a ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has recorded important new observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using its Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS). In July, 3I/ATLAS ...

Astronomers continue to track the mysterious interstellar visitor Comet 3I/ATLAS as it speeds through the solar system, using ...

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Scientists have been cataloging comet 3I/ATLAS’s journey through the Solar System since July, tracking major milestones as ...