Among all the challenges of voyaging to and successfully landing on other worlds, the effective collection and study of soil and rock samples cannot be underestimated.

The images, captured on January 6 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite, reveal the spread of snow across the Midwestern states. It’s enough ...

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity ...

SETI Institute In the News The SETI Institute is known for its groundbreaking work in the search for alien life and continues ...

Firefly Aerospace will team up with NASA to explore the lunar surface's Gruithuisen Domes, using sophisticated instruments ...

JPL's sky crane tech or private vendor to get $5-7 billion contract, before hitching lift back to Earth with ESA NASA says it ...

Temperatures dropped a low as -22 degrees F in the northern Midwest on January 6 due to a powerful winter storm.

Full Moons are a highly anticipated event in the lunar calendar. Here’s how to see the first full ‘Wolf Moon’ of 2025 ...

The Indian Space Research Organization's twin SpaDeX satellites will try to dock in orbit on tonight at around 9:30 p.m. EST (0230 Jan. 9 GMT/0800 IST).

One of these missions is the Outer Planet Atmosphere Legacy (OPAL) project, which involves Hubble making yearly observations ...

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is only in development and has already struggled. Now, the agency has laid out two paths forward.

NASA is exploring two potential strategies to bring Mars samples back to Earth, aiming to simplify and reduce the cost of the ...