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Four people will cohabitate in a small prototype Martian dwelling, mimicking the isolation and stresses of life on the Red Planet.

A Sign in Space encourages the public to imagine what a real message from extraterrestrials might be like—and figure out how to interpret it.

Scientists are testing ways to construct buildings on Mars and the moon without hauling materials from Earth. One possible solution: 3D printed melted regolith.

The spaceflight sets the stage for the aging International Space Station's private successors, and for an influx of paying customers.

The NASA team hopes the iconic spacecraft and its twin can continue taking data beyond the solar system past their 50th birthdays.

The Japanese company Ispace could be the first to safely touch down on the moon’s surface, with more spacecraft following later this year

Phil Plait’s new book, Under Alien Skies, helps space fans imagine what it would be like to visit stars and other worlds.

Neil Buckland uses a DIY microscopic camera system to create monolithic images that reveal the tiny elemental details of extraterrestrial rocks.

The Juice spacecraft will zoom in on the moon Ganymede, which might have a habitable ocean deep underground.

With new satellites and programs, the agency is tackling air quality from all angles—for the health of people and the planet.

Lunar astronauts will need to synchronize their watches on future missions. But on a rock that rotates much slower than Earth, time gets weird fast.

A set of Soyuz spacecraft coolant leaks hints that Roscosmos is struggling as the space agency loses international partnerships and funding.

Type Ia supernovas are astronomers’ best tools for measuring cosmic distances. In a first, researchers recreated one on a supercomputer to learn how they form.

Relativity Space’s attempt to reach orbit heralds the increasing use of 3D printing in the space sector.

Scientists investigated a weird feature in Parker Solar Probe data—and may have discovered what drives the plasma that pervades the solar system.

Astrophysicist and 'Off-Earth' author Erika Nesvold maps out the questions we need to ask before living on other planets.

Reports that the JWST killed the reigning cosmological model have been exaggerated. But there’s still much to learn from the distant galaxies it glimpses.

In a factory on the outskirts of Glasgow, aerospace manufacturer Skyrora is building rockets for a space-bound taxi service for satellites.

This new lab experiment explores the physics involved in our star’s tumultuous interior regions—by creating a sphere of plasma.

The student winners of a NASA competition designed a serpentine bot that could sidewind across lunar regolith or roll down hills.