On Pluto's moon Charon, scientists have found evidence of landslides. This is the first time this geologic feature has been discovered in the Kuiper Belt, according to New Horizons scientists.
The European Space Agency lost contact with its ExoMars Schiaparelli lander less than a minute before it was supposed to land on Mars, scientists say.
The European Space Agency landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Wednesday (Oct. 19). The Schiaparelli lander's fate is unclear, but its mothership Trace Gas Orbiter entered Mars orbit as planned.
One of astronomy's most famous stellar pairs has formed strange structures in the windy zone between the stars, according to new observations from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer.
NASA scientists are currently working on various technologies that will help future Mars astronauts use resources provided by the Red Planet.
The giant planet thought to be lurking unseen in the dark depths of the outer solar system may not stay hidden for much longer.
Astronomers are scratching their heads over two mysterious objects in space that are unlike anything scientists have seen before. The objects blast superbright, superfast X-ray flares and could represent a brand new type of astrophysical phenomenon.
Jupiter's stripes are more than skin deep, according to observations by NASA's Juno probe, which has revealed many new surprises about the Jovian giant.
Since the early 1970s, we seem to always be about 20 years away from landing astronauts on Mars.