The Perseverance rover has been exploring Jezero Crater for years, but it's never found an otherworldly object quite like ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a significant discovery on Mars: a meteorite, which could provide vital clues about the ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover may soon set a record for the longest distance driven on another planet.

A new study published in Planet reveals a Micro-XRD method to quantitatively measure the ancient collision histories of ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent years combing Jezero Crater for traces of ancient water and potential biosignatures, but its latest find is something far more alien to the local bedrock: a dark, ...

Space scientists have spotted a city-sized “butterfly” on Mars. A striking new image from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ...

Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite collection we care for to understand the history of Earth and our solar ...

The Mars rover Perseverance has been on Mars for five years and has covered almost as much distance as the rover Opportunity.

As the oldest and driest desert on Earth, Chile's Atacama Desert is a treasure trove of discoveries for scientists and ...