"This study significantly changes the view of Venus from a mostly inactive planet to one whose interior is still churning and can feed many active volcanoes," one scientist said.
On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 2 NASA astronauts will perform the 2nd in a pair of International Space Station (ISS) spacewalks, to finish a 3.5-year effort to upgrade the station’s power system. How to watch.
Astronomers have spotted a classical nova outburst in a type of variable star that involves a white dwarf orbiting a main sequence star. Nova Reticulum 2020 has been briefly visible from the Southern Hemisphere.
Here are 10 of the coolest, weirdest and most unexpected findings about the Pluto system scientists have learned thanks to the New Horizons spacecraft's flyby of the distant world in 2015.
A new study from researchers at Vanderbilt University suggests that to find the most massive black holes, measure the effects of their gravitational waves on the flashes of light coming from pulsars. The best location to do that is at the precise gravitational center of the solar system.
The proposed VERITAS mission to Venus is one of the finalists for NASA's Discovery Program. If selected, it will revolutionize our knowledge about the planet's geology and how this formerly habitable world became a fiery wasteland.
After more than a year in a clay-rich region, Curiosity is making a mile-long journey around some deep sand so that it can explore higher up Mount Sharp.
The Venus rover challenge - called "Exploring Hell" - received a great response from countries around the world. NASA said the design ideas submitted will help advance the final design of a mechanical rover that might one day explore the hellish surface of Venus.