Mars Science Laboratory Our How Things Work feature for November 2011 focuses on the landing of the Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory in August 2012. But that will be just the start of this most ...

Rocket Lab has been on a roll lately, with multiple Electron launches, plans for an ocean platform for its Neutron rocket, and a second mission for in-space manufacturing business Varda under its belt ...

Geochemical evidence from laboratory experiments for a potential solid inner core at the center of Mars is reported in Nature Communications. Data from NASA's InSight mission has revealed that ...

A new study claims that a mineral found in Mars' dust called ferrihydrite, which forms in the presence of cool water, is likely what gives the planet its reddish hue.

Rocket Lab's concept, which did not make the cut, came in under the $4 billion mark and would mean samples returned from Mars ...

This new analysis combining spacecraft observations with some newly developed laboratory techniques ... still be debating just how Mars got so red. Laura is a science news writer, covering a ...

A recent study has revealed that the red color of Mars is due to ferrihydrite, an iron oxide mineral. This finding suggests that Mars once had liquid ...

Mars just dropped a surprise golden nugget —literally. Curiosity accidentally cracked open an ordinary-looking rock, only to ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR ... It is because of our dedication to planetary science that Rocket Lab has taken such a keen interest in the MSR mission. MSR is the top planetary priority ...

Postdoctoral fellow Adam Valantinas at Brown University is the lead author and states that this research utilizes very advanced laboratory methods and observational Mars mission data. Through ...