Scientists are working to solve a mystery of Earth’s molten outer core, which lies more than 2,000 kilometers beneath our ...

The liquid iron in Earth's outer core doesn't always behave as expected. When it changed direction in an unexplained way, ESA ...

An artistic visualization of ocean currents from NASA has people mesmerized learning about our planet's underwater highways.

For 10 days in April, NASA’s Artemis II crew traveled around the far side of the Moon and back, marking one of the most ...

It's almost a new lunar phase.

Long before the full moon rises, shifting sunlight transforms the lunar surface into one of the sky's best telescope targets.

Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now we may understand the ...

SCIENTISTS have identified more than 1,100 previously unknown marine species in just a year, but researchers say the discoveries highlight a deeper reality: humanity still knows remarkably little ...

Perfecting SpaceX's mammoth rocket will be critical to NASA's plans for returning astronauts to the surface of the moon.

The new rocket features a host of upgrades intended to improve safety and performance of the world's most powerful rocket.

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft used Mars’ gravity to gain speed on its journey toward a strange metal-rich asteroid deep in the ...

The Psyche mission, launched in October 2023, is heading for Asteroid 16 Psyche in the outer part of the main asteroid belt, but just managed a strategic flyby of Mars.