Humanity's next destination could very well be Mars. But, unlike Earth, Mars is a harsh and unforgiving environment. Recently released images show the frigid conditions of Mars' poles. Follow Tech ...

A day after a live webcast captured a somber-looking mission control room in the minutes surrounding its planned Thursday ...

In April, ESA's Mars Orbiter captured images of surface features around the planet's south pole that researchers said were "surprisingly dark compared with their icy surroundings." The scientists ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is giving us some incredible views from lunar orbit ahead of its March 6 touchdown ...

Intuitive Machines made history in 2024 as the first private firm to place a spaceship on Earth's nearest neighbor, though ...

The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.

Athena is targeting highland terrain about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the moon's south pole, where it will deploy three ...

Grace isn't the only robot that caught a ride to the lunar surface on Athena. The lander is also carrying a small rover ...

Satellite data suggest there is a permanent lake, 20 kilometres across, hidden beneath the south pole. If there were once oceans on Mars, they would not have stuck around for long, leaving little ...

Current and upcoming Moon missions focus on exploring the lunar south pole in particular ... of reactors which can be used on the Moon or Mars. As for why so many Moon missions target the lunar ...