Space

After more than three years exploring the floor of the crater it landed in, Perseverance has begun a monthslong trek to the rim at the top.

The delay this time was because of an unfavorable weather forecast off the Florida coast, where the crew would splash down at the end of the mission.

The mission was scheduled to lift off early Tuesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Starliner drama has been a major setback for Boeing’s space ambitions, adding to years of struggle to get the capsule off the ground and keep up with rival company SpaceX.

In 2020, China’s Chang’e-5 mission retrieved lunar samples. Researchers have discovered that the minerals in this "moon soil" contain large amounts of hydrogen.

Billionaire Jared Isaacman purchased three SpaceX flights for his human spaceflight effort known as the Polaris Program. The first is set to launch next week.

Dust left behind by the asteroid reveals the surprising origins of our most recent mass extinction.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched on the first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner spaceship in June. Problems with the capsule have forced them to stay in orbit since then.

Elon Musk’s aerospace company violated environmental regulations by releasing pollutants into or near bodies of water in Texas, a state environmental agency said in a notice.

The water most likely would have seeped from the surface billions of years ago, when Mars harbored rivers, lakes and possibly oceans, the study's lead scientist said.

Weather permitting, stargazers could see as many as 100 shooting stars per hour from dark locations.