The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost moon lander has begun its work on the moon using its drill, vacuum and electrodes. Blue Ghost has drilled into surface to determine heat flow from interior of Moon. It ...

"Our experiments provide clues to better understand JWST Europa observations and serve as a prelude to upcoming close-range investigations by Europa Clipper and ESA's JUICE spacecraft." ...

SWRI experiments could explain puzzling levels of equatorial hydrogen peroxide on Saturn's moon Europa detected by the JWST.

New research shows how cell-like vesicles could form in Titan’s methane lakes, hinting at possible steps toward life - without water.

It is true that crewed missions to the moon are expensive, difficult, and dangerous. And we now have a long history going ...

A new technological breakthrough may bring a long-held ambition closer to reality: establishing a permanent human base on the ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists conducted lab experiments to address a mystery about the origins of frozen hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Their results, ...

For years, scientists have been intrigued by Titan as an alien world that might have the right conditions to host life, albeit in a very different form than on Earth. New research by NASA reveals that ...

New device heats lunar soil with concentrated sunlight to extract water and simultaneously converts CO2 into oxygen.

Chinese researchers say they have devised a new way to extract water from lunar soil and convert it into fuel. As detailed in ...

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, appears to have the right ingredients and conditions for a certain kind of tiny bubble to form ...