Exploration

Hundreds of visionaries from planetary science, astrophysics, engineering, and other disciplines came together last week at NASA headquarters to break conceptual ground on humanity’s future in space.

Will astronauts traveling to Mars remember much of it? That’s the question concerning scientists probing a phenomenon called “space brain.”

NASA is developing new technologies to help astronomers capture the shine of Earth-like worlds and ultimately look for evidence of life elsewhere in our galaxy.

Fourteen space travel posters of colorful, exotic cosmic settings are now available free for downloading and printing.

Planets with clear skies refract light better than hazy ones.

In Antarctica, the crew of the French–Italian Concordia research station are preparing for the winter. They have to survive six months of complete isolation.

A new method of spacecraft cleaning is emerging that would kill even the heartiest of microbes.

An UV-light instrument on NASA's Mars 2020 rover will help search for signs of past life on Mars and select rock samples for possible return to Earth.

One of seven instruments selected for NASA's Mars 2020 Rover would be able to identify chemical elements in target spots as small as a grain of table salt.

The next rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 will carry seven carefully-selected instruments to conduct unprecedented science and explore the Red Planet.