Sometimes, in order to support an idea, you first have to discredit alternative, competing ideas that could take resources ...

After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the ...

In a conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shubhanshu Shukla tied his journey to the aspirations of a rising India ...

The new test proved the capability of a new propellant that will enhance the rocket's performance, making a sample return mission from Mars increasingly viable.

M aybe you've noticed that no matter how clear you think you're being, it's increasingly tricky to feel understood recently. Or as much as you try to move forward on projects you'd like to build ...

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would ...

Did you know that the current CO2 concentration in the Earth's atmosphere has peaked in the last million years? A further increase in these indicators will lead to irreversible processes on our planet ...

Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...

With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.

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The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface. As ...

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.