Today, the best reason to watch the film isn’t O’Bannon’s writing or Dykstra’s effects wizardry. Instead, it’s all about ...

NASA released a much-anticipated contract solicitation for a Mars-orbiting spacecraft late last week, kicking off what is sure to be a hotly contested and potentially controversial procurement. At ...

In 1953’s Invaders From Mars a young boy sees a spacecraft land in the sandpit over the hill from his house. Soon his parents, plus various authority figures, are acting strangely, having been ...

A round trip from Earth to Mars takes about three years. New research suggests a potential shortcut to Mars, inspired by an asteroid's orbital path, that would reduce the journey to as little as 153 ...

The Dick Van Dyke Show' wrapped its legendary five-season run 60 years ago. See how the stars’ careers unfolded in the ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered more building blocks of life on Mars after carrying out a chemistry experiment never before conducted on another planet, scientists said Tuesday. The organic ...

Mars may have once had an ocean so vast that it covered one-third of the planet before evaporating billions of years ago and leaving behind a telltale sign: a flat band of land, outlining the former ...

Volcanic ash is creeping across the surface of Mars with startling speed. The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Mars Express mission just released a stunning orbital image showing surprising changes ...

Mars was empty before we came. That’s not to say that nothing had ever happened. The planet had accreted, melted, roiled and cooled, leaving a surface scarred by enormous geological features: craters, ...

Free-return trajectory – a path that loops around the Moon and returns to Earth without propulsion Permanently shadowed regions – areas near the lunar poles that never receive sunlight and may contain ...

The vision of Mars colonization is moving from science fiction into real-world planning, with multiple space agencies preparing for long-term human presence. Modern Mars missions focus on testing ...

Some scientists suspect that microorganisms can hop between planets by jumping aboard debris kicked up by asteroid strikes. NASA / JPL-Caltech For decades, some of Earth’s brightest scientists have ...