NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance ...

NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be ...

"Even if a planet is in the habitable zone, if it has too small a water inventory, it transitions to an uninhabitable state." ...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...

Most of the Expedition 72 crew enjoyed a day off on Tuesday, while two NASA astronauts focused on cutting-edge human research ...

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 considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth but won't pick a winner for another 18 months or ...

As smoke pours from the intense wildfires currently scorching Los Angeles, air quality has plummeted across the city due to ...