It is well known that exploring Mars has always been a hot topic in the field of human space exploration. NASA's Perseverance ...

The Mars Sample Return mission is an ambitious endeavor that could see Martian geological specimens returned to Earth to search for signs of life on the Red Planet. When you purchase through links on ...

A rock collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover may hold the strongest evidence of life beyond Earth ever found, officials said ...

After a 500 million mile journey, a piece of the asteroid Bennu is now on display at the Smithsonian. But how did it get here? Ellyn Lapointe The Smithsonian is the first institution to display a ...

Prize: NASA could offer a prize—say $3 billion to the first company and $1 billion to a second company—for delivering ...

In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover extracted a rock core from the edge of Neretva Vallis, a river valley cut into the ...

NASA is set to reveal the sample collected from the Bennu asteroid during the OSIRIS-REx mission. The OSIRIS-REx mission marked NASA’s first-ever sample retrieval from a distant asteroid in a complex ...

And the sample-return mission plan now includes two Mars landers instead of one. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists will ...

The potential “biosignature” isn’t direct evidence of life itself, but rather a leftover sign that textural features on the ...

In September, fragments of a near-Earth asteroid were carefully dropped off in the Utah desert. The space rocks hold clues to the origin of the solar system and can possibly answer crucial questions ...

NASA announced Friday that it will award contracts to seven companies, including SpaceX and Blue Origin, to study how to transport rock samples from Mars more cheaply back to Earth. The space agency ...