From Newton’s falling apple to Einstein’s curved spacetime, our understanding of gravity has come a long way, yet this ...

"The results reported here can be crucial when down-selecting which samples, if not all, are returned to Earth." ...

Before we get to Mars, we're going to have to practice. And develop radical leaps in technology, but also practice. A Mars ...

The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. The discovery represents "the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars," NASA acting ...

Orbital data reveals that rocks transforming deep inside the Earth may be responsible for changes to our planet’s ...

New research using NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars' Jezero Crater experienced multiple ...

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...

Jezero Crater’s rocks reveal three stages of water activity, shifting from hostile acidic fluids to more life-friendly ...

A team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) compared the early impact histories of Venus and Earth, discovering that Venus experienced higher-energy impacts, resulting in an overheated core.

Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) will flight test novel ...