Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe after analyzing samples taken from China's Tiangong space ...

A new study by scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and several institutes across India and Saudi Arabia has ...

A new study reports that 26 new bacterial species were found growing inside cleanrooms associated with NASA space missions.

A decade after the release of "The Martian" and a decade out from the world it envisions, how close is reality to fiction?

Skywatchers worldwide are in for a charming cosmic display before the Sun rises Friday, as three celestial bodies will appear in close conjunction. The arrangement of Venus, Saturn and a slender ...

"Basically, we detected a water–ice reservoir," Xie told Space.com. This water–ice reservoir could be instrumental in the development of any planetary system that might exist around HD 181327.

Casey Dreier, the policy advocate for the Pasadena-based Planetary Society, says, “This is an extinction-level event for the Earth- and space-science communities, upending decades of work and ...