Space Exploration News

An international team of scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity has announced that the rover found what appeared to be veins...

Australian researchers have suggested that finding rocky, Earth-like exoplanets that can sustain life will be crucial for us as a species. An artist’s...

Arizona State University graduate student Andrew Ryan has discovered a new form of Martian lava flow that resembles snail or nautilus shells. More than...

A team of scientists from the Queen Mary University of London working with images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has found few big objects punching through...

A team of researchers analyzing new data from NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft has found that a region on Titan called Ontario Lacus is very similar to the...

An international team of scientists has suggested that asteroid impact craters may be the best place to look for signs of life on Mars and other planets. Hellas...

ESA’s Mars Express has returned some remarkable new imagery of Tractus Catena area, revealing a series of pit-chains on the flanks of Alba Mons, one...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has returned new images of Saturn’s moons Enceladus, Janus and Dione. The Cassini spacecraft took this raw image...

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has returned new images of the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta, highlighting unusual geologic features, some of which...

On March 17, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft completed its primary mission, orbiting Mercury, capturing nearly 100,000 images, and recording data that shed...

A team of scientists has produced the first complete global geologic map of the Jovian satellite. Geologic Map of Io (USGS / ASU) The map, published by...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has returned new close-up images of Saturn’s second largest moon, Rhea. Saturn's moon Rhea (NASA / JPL-Caltech...

Performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the eyes and brains of 27 astronauts who have spent prolonged periods of time in space, a team of researchers...

ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has discovered that Venus spins a little slower than previously measured. Venus Express (ESA) According to the European...

ESA’s Mars Express has revealed a strong evidence of an ocean once covering the northern part of Mars. Ancient northern ocean on Mars (ESA / C. Carreau) Using...

ESA’s Mars Express has returned a stunning close-up of the Syrtis Major region on Mars. Part of the Syrtis Major region on Mars (ESA / DLR / FU Berlin...

In the interview with Sci-News.com, Dr. Leonid Ksanfomality comments on his recent claims that the Soviet landing probe Venera-13 imaged several objects...

Radar data from the Cassini spacecraft have revealed regional variations amongst sand dunes on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. Dune fields are common...

Russian renowned researcher Dr. Leonid Ksanfomality has reported that he found several objects resembling living beings on images made by the Venera-13...