A Japanese spacecraft is rocketing toward Mars on an unprecedented quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back ...

A Japanese-led mission has launched to explore Mars’ two mysterious little moons and determine how they formed — and unlock ...

Japan has launched a potentially historic mission to scoop up soil samples from Phobos — one of Mars' two lumpy, potato-esque ...

Currently, about 16,000 satellites are orbiting Earth, providing everything from GPS service and weather reports to phone ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's spacecraft is expected to reach the Martian system in August 2027 and return samples ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has broken the world record for the longest distance driven by any type of vehicle on another world's surface. The rover hit a distance of 28.

A band of wind-carved cliffs stretches roughly 10 miles (16 kilometers) across the northwestern reaches of Mount Sharp on ...

For the first time ever, a spacecraft will travel all the way to the Mars system and return. But first, it has to get through the launch ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA shares an update on its multibillion-dollar effort to build a permanent moon base on the lunar south pole. On Tuesday, the U.S. space agency announced nearly $600 million in ...