April has plenty of astronomy events to look forward to, including a total lunar eclipse, but "zero gravity day" won't be among the actual events.
The comet's nucleus is surrounded by a glowing dust cloud, or coma, which measures about 12,000 miles across.
Mars One announced it will be its first simulation outpost that will be used to train astronauts for its manned mission in 2024.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured images of what appears to be a new gully formation in the southern highlands of Mars.
A six year old boy has started to make his dream of working for NASA a reality with an online petition to help them with their budget cuts.
The meteorite's special characteristics suggest biological processes might have started on Mars hundreds of millions of years ago.
A Dutch company called Mars One asked for volunteers to fly to the planet and even live there in a permanent colony.
NASA and the National Center of Space Studies of France have announced a partnership for a new Mars mission that will launch in 2016.
Researchers using NASA Mars orbiters have discovered the "the strongest indication of possible liquid water" on the planet.
The distance between Earth and Mars when Curiosity took the images was about 99 million miles.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a new image of a recent impact crater on Mars.
It’s no secret that many big performances like the Super Bowl Halftime Show are mimed, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers didn’t even plug their instruments in.
The halftime show featuring Bruno Mars and Red Hot Chili Peppers was a stellar performance to some and a bland show to others.
Known for catchy chart-toppers including “Nothin’ On You” and “Just The Way You Are (Amazing),” Bruno Mars has been one of music's top performers lately but he's never headlined such a momentous and global event as the Super Bowl.
Rhawn Joseph has filed a lawsuit against NASA claiming the space agency has failed to investigate evidence of life on Mars.
The comet's brightness during the spring will be an indicator of how much of a hazard it will present to spacecraft orbiting Mars.
Members of Expedition 39 discuss their upcoming mission to the International Space Station with reporter Charles Poladian
NASA's Opportunity rover has discovered new evidence of ancient water on Mars.
NASA's call for instrument proposals that will be used on the Mars 2020 rover mission exceeded the space agency's expectations.
Amazing images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the Curiosity rover trudging across the Martian landscape. The photos date from early December 2013 as Curiosity made its way from the Glenelg area to its main destination, Mount Sharp.
If the Mars One mission launches as scheduled in 2025, one of these individuals might be headed to the Red Planet.
Mars One has selected 1,058 astronaut candidates out of a pool of 200,000 applicants.