"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure ...

Researchers believe volcanic ash created dark rocks at Oxia Planum, the site of a future Mars rover landing mission. The ...

Europa Clipper is not designed to detect life itself, and the mission is unlikely to find direct evidence of living organisms. But by studying the moon’s chemical composition, geologic activity ...

Scientists long urged NASA to search for signs of life near Jupiter. Now it’s happening An illustration of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft flying near the icy moon, with Jupiter in the ...

NASA announces way forward on Mars rock plan NASA has announced it is moving forward with ... collection of geologic treasures that lab scientists could search for signs of ancient microbial life.

NASA is gearing up to search for signs of life on Jupiter’s frozen moon with Europa Clipper, the largest spacecraft it has ever developed for a planetary mission.

The European Space Agency (ESA) shared an image of the smiley face in an Instagram post on Sept. 7. The grinning shape, which is made up of a ring of ancient chloride salt deposits with a pair of ...

By 2013, NASA had just finished dealing with cost overruns on the Curiosity Mars Rover and the agency was focused on getting the James Webb Space Telescope into space.

The largest spacecraft ever created by NASA for an interplanetary mission will launch today to determine whether Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, has an environment that could support life.

Earlier this month, outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other agency officials presented two possible plans for the mission, known as Mars Sample Return, for the incoming administration.

Scientists working with NASA’s Perseverance rover state emphatically that they are not claiming to have discovered life on Mars.. But many would regard a rock that the rover just finished ...

Science | October 14, 2024. NASA Launches Europa Clipper to Search for Signs of Life on Jupiter’s Moon. The huge spacecraft is headed toward the icy moon Europa, where it will use an array of ...