Space Exploration

Economic inequality, an indulgent trip to space and an ongoing legal battle with NASA are putting the space company in the hot seat

After an alarming failure, the rover is set to continue its mission to retrieve specimens for eventual return to Earth

We need to avoid the mistakes European countries made during the age of colonization

Seeking to collect its inaugural core sample, the mission hopes to begin what could be humanity’s boldest search for extraterrestrial life

Mycologist Paul Stamets discusses the potential extraterrestrial uses of fungi, including terraforming planets, building human habitats—and providing psilocybin therapy to astronauts

China’s meteoric rise in space science and exploration—along with its new partnership with Russia—is spurring U.S. experts to reconsider a long-standing prohibition on bilateral collaborations

The spaceborne studies will cover diverse topics, from dark matter and gravitational waves to the growth of cancer and pathogenic bacteria

The NASA mission used seismic waves from marsquakes to perform a core-to-crust survey of the planet’s subsurface

EnVision will follow NASA’s DAVINCI+ and VERITAS

The space agency’s DAVINCI+ and VERITAS missions could boost planetary science when they launch later this decade

Despite the best efforts of scientists eager to study Earth’s sister world, U.S. efforts to send a dedicated spacecraft to Venus languished—until NASA made a surprising announcement

With Ingenuity’s five successful flights on the Red Planet, aviation may find unexpected footing in the future of space exploration