Go back a generation of development, and excepting the shuttle-derived systems, all liquid rockets used RP-1 (aka kerosene) for their first stage. Now it seems everybody and their dog wants to ...

Scientists have long known that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, hosts rivers and seas of liquid methane. But it's strangely ...

Researchers use the sophisticated technology on NASA's Perseverance rover to analyze volcanic rocks in Mars' Jezero Crater. Their findings show that some of the same volcanic processes that led to ...

Even as Musk’s work at the Department of Government Efficiency appeared to consume him, his top adviser created a set of ...

A rock containing many smaller round stones could indicate that there was once a large amount of liquid water on the Red ...

"You could pull up Google Earth images of places like Utah, zoom out, and you’d see the similarities to Mars." ...

For NASA, sending a crewed mission to Mars has been the long-term goal for over two decades. China has joined the club in ...

For the past four years, NASA 's Perseverance rover has rambled over a region of Mars where scientists say a strong river ...

In the soils of Earth's wetlands, microbes are in a tug-of-war to produce and consume the powerful greenhouse gas methane. But if the Earth gets too hot, it could tip the scale in favor of the methane ...

Warming temperatures can ramp up the activity of methane-producing bacteria in wetland soils, adding to methane emissions.

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

Lucian of Samosatam was probably the first to write about travel to outer space and aliens in his 160 AD work: "A True Story" ...