A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

Imagine biting into a crisp, garden-fresh salad and savoring juicy strawberries for dessert. But instead of your backyard, ...

A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected ...

Lightning has been seen on other planets in the solar system, in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. Because Mars is cold ...

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's ...

It's a long trip to the red planet and space is tight, but eating well could require just a few simple ingredients.

In 2005, scientists announced that moss could grow inside of spaceships. The little plants the scientists sent up on NASA ...

Doctoral student and soil scientist Harrison Coker tests plant growth in microgravity aboard the International Space Station.

Imaging suggests that a lot of the material coming off is in the form of dust grains. NASA indicated that two missions to ...

NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to ...

For Morgan Hill resident Richard M. Anderson, the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020 presented an unexpected opportunity. Faced with ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn liftoff marked the 95th orbital rocket launch of 2025 from Florida's Space Coast, extending the ...