The heart, now working under less strain, begins to shrink. Red blood cells are destroyed to maintain balance, and blood ...

As scientists get closer to putting humans on Mars, the need to understand why clocks tick faster on the red planet is more ...

A resilient gut microbe, Bacillus subtilis, has survived the extreme conditions of space launch and reentry - great news for ...

The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic ...

(CNN) — By tracking the gravitational pull on spacecraft over Mars, NASA has created one of the most detailed maps yet of the Red Planet’s surface, and what lies beneath. “Gravity maps allow us to see ...

Researchers at Purdue spent years working with NASA engineers to figure out how to grow crops on Mars and beyond. Now the ...

A new study revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial role in driving latitudinal air currents on Mars, particularly at high altitudes. The findings, based on long-term atmospheric data, ...

From Newton’s falling apple to Einstein’s curved spacetime, our understanding of gravity has come a long way, yet this familiar force remains one of the biggest puzzles in physics.

In a Martian valley carved by ancient rivers, a four-pound helicopter sat in silence, its blades half-buried in red dust.

Phobos is the larger and innermost of Mars' two moons, and it's a fascinating celestial body. It's small, irregularly shaped, and orbiting just about 6,000 kilometers above the surface of the Red ...