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The Etosha Pan in northern Namibia, the largest salt flat in the country, looks otherworldly in this satellite photo.
In March 2028, the UAE is set to launch an ambitious mission to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that will culminate with a landing attempt on a mysteriously reddish space rock.
A new genetically engineered microbe may one day help humanity settle Mars, a nonprofit biotechnology research startup suggests.
Will future astronauts take shelter in moon caves?
NASA's Curiosity rover recently captured a stunning panorama of a Martian mountain range bathed in golden early-morning light.
As lunar traffic increases, controlled crash landings of moon orbiters and rocket stages are becoming an attractive end-of-mission disposal strategy. And that's a problem.
A new study points to different formation paths for Earth and Mars, despite their shared neighborhood.
Ames crater under Oklahoma has been shown to be nearly 100 million years younger than thought, and is now dated at 370 million years old.
