Scientists have long struggled to peer into Earth’s earliest biological history, limited by the fragmentary nature of fossils ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get them back to Earth. For years, the U.S. space agency's Perseverance rover has ...

NASA’s newest rover is on a mission to not only explore Mars but collect samples for future study on Earth. Perseverance is carrying 43 sample tubes, inside which it will store drilled samples of rock ...

In a first for the Perseverance rover, it appears to have found an iron-nickel meteorite near the Jezero Crater.

To say that a trip from Earth to Mars is merely a long one would be a massive understatement. On July 30, 2020, when the ...

China achieved a historic feat by bringing back the first-ever sample from the lunar far side in June. Its moon lander, Chang'e 6, used a robotic scoop and drill to collect approximately 5 pounds (2 ...

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found ...

NASA's Perseverance rover made history in late 2021 when it collected its first sample of Martian rock. The space agency will have Perseverance leave these samples, sealed in tubes, on the red ...

Lunar impact glass becomes a mighty mountain in new 'Nanocosmos: Journeys in Electron Space' images (exclusive) ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our target was an east-to-west transect starting near Guam, over the Challenger ...

NASA is planning its first-ever mission to bring dirt and rocks from Mars back to Earth — but before that momentous event happens, the space agency needs to figure out exactly how to protect our home ...

Technical personnel work at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing on June 2. China's Chang'e-6 touched down on the far side of the moon and collected samples for the first time in history, ...