Space Exploration News

A new study by European scientists has suggested that intense ultraviolet radiation on Mars releases methane from organic materials which meteorites transport...

An American-Canadian team of scientists has discovered a rare landscape that appears to be very similar to one of Jupiter’s icy moons, Europa. Europa,...

Researchers have found strong evidence that carbon in Martian meteorites, including in the famous Allan Hills 84001, is indigenous – and not contamination...

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has taken a memorable view of a large Martian crater. Late afternoon shadows at Endeavour Crater on Mars,...

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a model of a wind-driven tumbleweed Mars rover capable of moving across rocky Martian terrain. Model...

A team of US researchers has found new evidence that early Mars was saturated with water and that its atmosphere was considerably thicker, at least 20...

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...