Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...

For the past two decades, most NASA spacecraft have relied on a processor called the RAD750, a radiation-hardened chip roughly as powerful as a late-1990s desktop computer. It has steered rovers on ...

NASA is testing a next-generation space computer chip that could give spacecraft the ability to operate far more independently in deep space. The radiation-hardened processor is showing performance ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United States government agency that conducts research into space. There are 10 major NASA facilities, including ...

But Phobos won't zip around Mars forever. The doomed moon is spiraling inward at a rate of 1.8 centimeters (seven-tenths of ...

I’ve always loved looking up at the night sky. Even though I didn’t pursue science in college, the outer world has never stopped fascinating me, because that endless stretch above us makes everything ...

Artemis Mission, Artemis Goddess: NASA has a long history of naming its missions after mythological figures. Starting in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured the moon ...

NASA has announced "near‑impossible" plans to ramp up moon landing activities and launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2028. The changes are yet another Artemis program shakeup that will see NASA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rover casts shadow across rocky, reddish Martian landscape under soft, hazy sky, with scattered small rocks and subtle terrain ...