The rocks could provide vital information about the geological diversity of the moon's surface and the processes that create its dust and dirt. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Core samples drilled by NASA’s Perseverance rover on the Martian surface are revealing the geology of a gaping crater scientists suspect may have harbored microbial life billions of years ago, ...

One main goal of NASA's Mars 2020 mission is to determine when conditions on the planet were conducive to the formation of liquid water. Hence the target Jezero crater, seemingly a lakebed with a ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. A rock ...

In August 2021 on a lonely crater floor, the newest Mars rover dug into one of its first rocks. The percussive drill attached to the arm of the Perseverance rover scraped the dust and top several ...

This picture shows a very famous outcrop where nearly horizontal black and white layers are observed. The BIC made of layers of igneous rock in a basin shape, formed over a period of about 1 million ...

The Martian samples may eventually be brought to Earth, which would make them the most distant objects ever retrieved by humankind. Reading time 3 minutes Update 6:45pm EDT: Uh-oh. Bad news from ...

When NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down in Jezero Crater in 2021, scientists expected to find rocks laid down by an ancient lake. What they didn’t expect was volcanic rock. And certainly not a ...

Comet Lithium discovers a new lithium-rich vein in Quebec. The find could boost North American production of battery metals.

The famous 'Man in the Moon' is an optical illusion, based on patterns formed by dark and white terrain on the lunar surface. The light-colored highlands are composed of anorthosite, an igneous rock ...