When a meteorite smashed into Mars 11 million years ago, debris landed on Earth as meteorites, giving an unparalleled look at ...
Astronomers have long puzzled over the origins on Phobos and Demos, the red planet's strangely-shaped moons. Now they are ...
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.
Mar. 13, 2024 — A deeply eroded giant volcano, active from ancient through recent times and with possible remnants of glacier ice near its base, had been hiding near Mars' equator in plain sight.
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 ...
In the early morning hours of June 3, six planets, including Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Neptune and Saturn will ...
In the following excerpt from his book, Shindell looks back at the accomplishments of the past 20 years, when NASA’s plucky ...
The giant impact that formed the Moon may also have led to extrastrong mantle plumes that enabled the first subduction event, ...