NASA is quietly rewriting the script for human exploration of the Red Planet, turning robots from remote-controlled tools ...

There are gas giant planets bigger than Jupiter, and extremely hot planets that orbit so close to their stars that a year lasts just a few days. There are ocean worlds, and many moons and bodies that ...

Lunar exploration will surge in 2026 as NASA, China, and private companies race to land spacecraft and robots on the moon ...

The goal should be a new golden rule linking the search for life elsewhere to the spread of life beyond the bounds of Earth.

The stars have always fascinated us, sparking dreams of exploration and discovery. But now, as humanity steps further into the cosmos, a new hero takes center stage—physical AI. Robots, autonomous ...

Retired NASA astronaut explains how robots could shape space exploration Retired NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore discusses the possibility of robots being a part of space exploration efforts and more on ...

Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, and off-world economies.

If you entered a test site operated by Japan’s space agency recently, you would’ve seen a bunch of tiny red robots trundling across a sandy surface. The AI-powered robots were being tested ahead of a ...

NASA's LEXI instrument is set to land on the moon's surface sometime this month. Using X-ray sensors, the device will watch Earth's atmosphere "breathing out and breathing in" to uncover key space ...

Robots flying around in space seem more like fiction than reality, but recently NASA has been testing their free-flying robots called Smart SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, ...

From astronauts getting stranded on a leaking ISS and faceplanting moon landers to injured Mars robots and a tumbling solar sail, here are 10 of the biggest space exploration mishaps in 2024. When you ...