Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...

Life on Mars is a dream long held – and not just for David Bowie. The idea of settling on the Red Planet has been around for ...

A new preprint study looking at data from NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat ...

It will seek signs of ancient life and collect rock and soil samples for a possible return to Earth. There would have been four missions heading for Mars this month, but COVID-19 put paid to ...

While robotic missions have returned samples from the moon and space rocks like asteroids, a successful Mars mission would mark the first time that rocks from another planet made it back to Earth.

On Earth as on Mars, doing fieldwork well takes a great deal ... On Mars we really don’t want the drill or the percussion hammer to hit the rover, ever. The arm was built with as little slop ...

"The briefing will include NASA's efforts to complete its goals of returning scientifically selected samples from Mars to Earth while lowering cost, risk and mission complexity," NASA officials ...