NASA has plans to launch the first deep space station for humans to live long-term. Is it a necessary step to Mars?

NASA is currently working on a range of technologies to help astronauts conduct a three-year round trip to Mars.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a sample from Mars that has textures “unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.” Known as “Silver Mountain,” the rock core has been sealed into a tube so it can ...

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The British company Deep is developing apartments in which people can live permanently on the seabed. A test module is due to ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

On Nov. 14, 2024, the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences marked the successful ...

After the buzz around colonizing Mars, NASA presents another possibility—Venus. Bioshock Infinite inspires flying city design and architecture ...

The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn that he misrepresents the country’s past.

Our next statewide election will take place in November, but voters have a chance to cast ballots in another contest right ...