Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...

By studying decay of bound-state beta decay of thallium-205 (205Tl81+), scientists can better understand the timing and conditions in the early solar system, giving clues about when the sun formed.

The Haolong space shuttle is being developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute under the state-owned ...

When Voyager 2 flew past the ice giant 38 years ago, it revealed a magnetosphere warped by solar winds, a finding uncovered through recent analysis of archival data.

In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, scientists have successfully integrated a crucial ...

Elon Musk aims to make life multiplanetary, but Jeff Bezos believes we should be building massive cylindrical space stations.

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...

and this aircraft was then designated as the F/A-18 because it was able to fulfill both roles simultaneously. The second part of the Tri-Service Designation System is the design numeral. This is ...

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.

“We are convinced that orbital ... for the solar array; and $1.2 million for 1 kilogram of shielding per kilowatt of compute and $30 a kilogram launch cost). A terrestrial system, on the other ...

Boeing reported a massive third-quarter loss of more than $6 billion, as the airplane manufacturer was dragged down by a strike and billions in charges tied to its commercial aircraft and defense ...