Astronomers have long puzzled over the origins on Phobos and Demos, the red planet's strangely-shaped moons. Now they are ...
When a meteorite smashed into Mars 11 million years ago, debris landed on Earth as meteorites, giving an unparalleled look at ...
An unexpected tool is giving us new insight into the fine structure of the outer layers of Mars. Using meteorites that were ...
Meteorites from Mars are helping researchers better understand the geology of the Red Planet — and the formation of Earth.
Perseverance will stay on Mars forever, but the majority of its carefully packaged samples are meant to return to Earth. The ...
Celestial Mystery Mysteries abound on the planet Mars — from the tantalizing traces of ancient riverbeds on its surface to ...
NASA's Perseverance rover has a new Mars buddy after a rock got caught inside one of its wheels. The hitchhiker seems to be ...
NASA is actively working to return surface samples from Mars in the next few years, which they hope will help us better ...
Despite a flurry of online reports about a "planetary parade" of six worlds aligning on June 3, only two planets will be ...
The giant impact that formed the Moon may also have led to extrastrong mantle plumes that enabled the first subduction event, ...
In the following excerpt from his book, Shindell looks back at the accomplishments of the past 20 years, when NASA’s plucky ...