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A pair of studies published Wednesday provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth. The findings also indicate that these ingredients were mingling with water almost right from the start.

Ancient rainstorms may have sculpted the red planet, similar to the monsoon rains that helped shape the Southwest’s landscape

The sample from the OSIRIS-REx mission could shed light on the history of the solar system and how life came to be. As one NASA scientist put it, “It’s the first time we’ll be able to look for the building blocks of life and trust the results, right, that this is not contamination.”

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off pebbles and dust collected from the asteroid Bennu to close out a seven-year journey.

The latest challenge to lithium mining in Nevada in the push for cleaner energy comes from a place where no opposition has arisen before: space.

The Mars Society’s annual University Rover Challenge not only pits international collegiate teams against themselves but against the remote badlands of Utah too.

According to NOAA, global temperatures have risen 0.32 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1981. Shielding Earth from the sun could slow that.

The deep-space radio was built by Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory as part of NASA’s return to the moon.

The James Webb Space Telescope released its first images this week, ushering in a new era of astronomy, according to one Utah-based scientist.

Orbital ATK conducted a final ground test for NASA's Space Launch System boosters this morning at its Promontory, Utah facility. NASA is calling it a key…

A massive solar flare has erupted from the sun and is sending geomagnetic disturbance and solar radiation straight at the earth. But you shouldn't be…