A new high-resolution computer model shows rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, in Earth's mantle where ...
Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...
NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance ...
Don’t space out or you’ll miss it. A once-in-a-generation asteroid broader than the width of Manhattan will be passing by the ...
NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...
The geological narrative of the Red Planet is etched in the rocks and soil. Scientists want to get that material to Earth, where it can be examined with technologies that can’t be shoehorned ...
The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.
NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. Administrator Bill Nelson presented two ...
Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample ...
The US$2.7-billion Perseverance rover collected the samples looking for evidence of past life, but NASA is dithering about ...