Though full terraforming may take centuries, if not millennia, the long-term goal would be a Mars with stable liquid water, breathable oxygen and a thriving ecosystem. In the short term, this might ...

Friday, July 4 Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, standing 26° from our star at 1 A.M. EDT. We’ll ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to send a cargo ship to Mars by the end of next year. Here’s why that plan likely won’t pan out.

The conjunction between Mars and the bright blue star Regulus began on Monday (June 16) and will bring the two objects side ...

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An artist's impression of the planet named TOI-6894 b (top right) orbiting a red dwarf star (centre). Astronomers discovered TOI-6894b, a giant planet orbiting a small red dwarf star, TOI-6894 ...

See the Red Planet slip behind the moon and re-emerge in this time-lapse. Credit: Griffith Observatory | edited by Space.com's edited by Steve Spaleta Music: Into the Forest I Go by David Celeste / co ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured new images of multiple "dust devils" (twisters) on Mars. The snaps have been taken by ...

On June 25, the sun in Cancer will form a productive sextile to Mars in Virgo, creating a perfect synergy for revelatory ...

Mars, the enigmatic Red Planet, has long captivated humanity with its stark, seemingly barren landscape. Today, it’s a cold, dry world – a shadow of its once-vibrant past. But what if this desolate ...

Leo sees action as both Mars and Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 move through; plus, spot galaxies and noctilucent clouds in the sky this week.

TOI-6894 is roughly 240 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo and is the smallest-known star to host a large planet.