Landing on Mars is a nightmare — the air is too thin for parachutes alone, the ground is a field of jagged rocks, and the ...

Bizarre 'bleached' rocks on the surface of Mars suggest that the Red Planet was once a tropical oasis, a new study reveals.

For Artemis IV, Lunar Outpost will partner with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of ...

Who knew a camera built for the study of dusty Martian dunes would, one day, picture a cosmic bullet flying by at 130,000 ...

On Dec. 9, 1979, scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox, a disease which killed an estimated 300 million ...

In 1941, an Alton officer directs traffic at Broadway and Piasa ...

Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...

"The detection of life on Mars is a persistent top priority for explorers of many disciplines, and it is the top science ...

A NASA rover that launched from Florida detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on Mars' ...

A new report published Tuesday, titled “A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars,” represents the answer from ...