Scientists suggest that at least two huge tsunamis once swept across the Red Planet, triggered by large impacts.

A European Space Agency effort to try to detect gravitational waves in space is not only technically feasible but compelling, a new report finds.

Global warming is shifting the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new NASA study finds.

NASA just released incredible new photos of Pluto’s north pole, and they seem to raise more questions about this icy planet.

For her lengthy list of achievements in science, a Cuban-American woman is speculated to be the next Albert Einstein, reports Vibe.

The explanation for the unusual look involves some interesting behavior from the nitrogen-heavy ice.

Scientists in the US make detailed 3D maps of the cavities carved by comet dust in blocks of foam carried by Nasa's Stardust spacecraft.

While NASA is working on its manned mission to Mars, Russia it turns out has set its sights on a location a little bit closer to home: the moon.

US astronaut Scott Kelly touches a new milestone remaining away from Earth for the longest period in his single mission in the space.

A multi-billion-dollar robot dispatched to Mars to search for life must steer clear of promising "hot spots" for fear of spreading microbes from Earth, Nasa project scientists say.

Scientists think they can now tie dark streaks seen on the surface of Mars to periodic flows of liquid water.

A team of Nasa recruits begins living in a dome near a barren volcano in Hawaii to simulate what life would be like on Mars.

The Cassini mission to Saturn returns its final close-up images of the gas giant's Dione moon.

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity snaps some beautiful photos of a blue-tinged sunset on the Red Planet.

In the quarter-century that it's been eyeing the cosmos, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken some pretty spectacular photos of "a dying star's final moment.

In January 2015, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite (SMAP), designed to collect data on soil moisture around the globe.