Nasa is charged with spotting most of the asteroids that pose a threat to Earth, but doesn’t have enough money to complete the task, according to a new report.

An orbiting spacecraft has found minerals on Mars that suggest the planet was once mild and wet enough to support life, according to scientists. The Mars...

Washington - In an unprecedented discovery, Nasa’s Phoenix Mars Lander has found snow falling from clouds on Mars.

Not surprisingly, coverage of the Mars lander that successfully touched down on Mars’ surface this summer, and its apparent discovery of ice underneath its landing...

We watched earlier in the year the progress of the twin Mars rovers’, Opportunity and Spirit, as they trundled across the Martian surface.

The current model weighs 17 grams and is based on its predecessor the DelFly Micro from the folks at the Delft University of Technology.

A team of researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) has designed the first chip manufactured completely in Spain that will be used to measure the...

It only took eight years for JFK’s dream to land a man on the moon to be fulfilled, but plans to to land a man on is going to take just that little bit longer -24...

NASA has been making a lot of headlines with recent discoveries on Mars, and fans of the red planet are in for good news: they’re going again, bigger and better...

On first sight, legend of evolutionary biology and ant expert Edward O Wilson of Harvard University quipped that it was so unusual that it must have come from Mars....

The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has...

This article proposes an unusual way to land objects from orbit and probes returning from deep space. I won’t dwell on details best left for future study, but will...

The Mars Phoenix mission has finally managed to bring NASA back in to the spotlight.

The discovery of highly reactive salts on Mars led to rumours that their presence precluded life there. But even if the salts originated on the Red Planet they do not...

NASA hasn’t not found life on the Red Planet. Officials caution against rumors, conspiracy theories, and speculation as interest grows and the Phoenix Mars Lander...

NASA’s Phoenix lander has discovered a toxic chemical in soil near Mars’ north pole, dimming hopes for finding life on the Red Planet, the probe’s...

Rumors were flying over the weekend that the White House was being briefed by NASA scientists about a “provocative” discovery that could indicate the potential for...

With reports circulating on the Internet that the Phoenix lander had found a chemical in the Martian soil that made past or present life there highly unlikely, NASA...

Nasa’s Phoenix Lander is on Mars. Everyday we are getting new images and new observations from the surface of the Mars. Looks like it has finally confirmed...

I can’t help but be intrigued. Apparently, an undisclosed Phoenix scientist has been in communication with Aviation Week concerning a “compelling” discovery on...