Recent exceptional rock discoveries have only mounted pressure on NASA to solve the problems facing its Mars Sample Return mission, its plan to fly bits of rock, dust, and air collected by ...
The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ancient life on Mars.
NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.
NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. Administrator Bill Nelson presented two ...
NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...
It’s time to ring in the Martian New Year with a variety of strange sights on the planet’s Northern Hemisphere.
Mars continues to fascinate us with its mysteries, and the European Space Agency's (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) is ...
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards crowned the funniest animal photos of the year. In its tenth year, the CWPA hopes that by showcasing wildlife's humour, conversations on conservation can occur.
Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.
On Mars, spring explodes into action with violent transformations. Frost avalanches, carbon dioxide gas geysers, and powerful winds reshape its surface, leaving behind stunning patterns like swirling ...
For the past eight years, NASA's Juno spacecraft has been zooming around giant Jupiter. By the end of 2024, it will have made ...
In addition to livestacking, there are now “smart telescopes” available that will take and process images of the night sky as ...