New research suggests ancient Mars may have been warm and wet, with rainfall or snowmelt carving its iconic valleys.

"Curiosity was captured in what is believed to be the first orbital image of the rover mid-drive across the Red Planet." ...

Should Montgomery County students be able to read LGBTQ-inclusive books? That’s the big discussion at the U.S. Supreme Court ...

In “More Everything Forever,” the science journalist Adam Becker subjects Silicon Valley’s “ideology of technological ...

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

The surface of Mars is extremely cold, irradiated, and desiccated. But at one time, the planet was much warmer and wetter, ...

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten addresses the Supreme Court case on LGBTQ books and curriculum in classrooms and comments on students’ test scores on ‘The Story.’ ...

Not all of it. Earlier this year, US president Donald Trump promised Congress that he would “lead humanity into space and plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond”. He’s wrong, ...

Artist's depiction of water rushing into Mars' Jezero Crater, which billions of years ago was the site of a delta. (Credit: ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered a missing piece in the puzzle of Mars' past atmosphere. Scientists discovered ...

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long we’ve got, and how we can extend our ...