NASA would be thrilled if its newly launched Mars rover ended up matching its predecessor's longevity. The agency's car-sized Curiosity rover celebrates eight (Earth) years on the Red Planet today (Aug. 5), less than a week after the Perseverance rover took flight toward Mars.

And the phone bill should go to Elon Musk.

After a roughly two-month stay on\u00a0the ISS, NASA astronauts Behnken and Hurley made a safe splashdown Sunday in their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

Despite hostile weather conditions posed by Hurricane Isaias, NASA announced that the return of two SpaceX astronauts from the International Space Station is a "go." Mark Strassmann reports.

The next Mars rover is the biggest and most advanced yet, with a mission to pave the way for human visitors.

After its long journey to Mars beginning this summer, NASA's Perseverance rover will be powered across the planet's surface in part by plutonium produced at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Liftoff is scheduled for 7:50 a.m. EDT (1150 GMT).

Images of the dwarf planet’s far side are revealing possible signs of liquid water, mysterious shards of ice and new theories for the frigid world’s birth.

A mysteriously long, thin cloud has again appeared over the 20-km-high Arsia Mons volcano on Mars. A recurrent feature, the cloud is made up of water ice, but despite appearances it is not a plume linked to volcanic activity. Instead, the curious stream forms as airflow is influenced by the volcano's 'leeward' slope − the side that does not face the wind.

Liftoff is scheduled for 7:50 a.m. EDT on Thursday (July 30).

The U.S. wants to build nuclear power plants that will work on the moon and Mars, and on Friday put out a request for ideas from the private sector on how to do that. The U.S. Department of Energy put out the formal request to build what it calls a fission surface power system that could allow humans to live for long periods in harsh space environments.

Where did the Moon come from? The origin of our cosmic neighbor is a fundamental question in planetary science. From Galileo’s first telescopic observations of the Moon to humans walking on its surface, our understanding of its origins has come a long way—yet it is far from complete.

A new study identified 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus. The study provides some of the best evidence yet that Venus is still a geologically active planet. A research paper on the work, which was conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland and the Institute of Geophysics at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, was published in the journal Nature Geoscience on July 20, 2020.

A new environmental review may derail plans to launch Starships to Mars, but a former FAA official says SpaceX founder Musk shouldn't worry too much.

China could be the second country to operate a rover on Mars.

There's a video on Youtube saying we are about to have another "very-close encounter" with an asteroid.

Japan provides a few major advantages in helping the US get back to the moon. In return, it will get its own chance to set foot on the lunar surface.

Humans carry lots of microbes with them to space

Astronomers have detected a new signal from mysterious objects most likely located outside the Milky Way galaxy. This is the first instance such a signal has been detected, that too from four different objects. According to LiveScience, astronomers observed these four circular objects at radio wavelengths and found that they had bright edges.

A newly-discovered comet dubbed NEOWISE will be visible this week to the naked eye. It's the first visible comet of 2020.