A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

AI and DeSci aim to transform scientific research by minimizing human error and bias in the peer review process.

NASA researchers have identified geological structures on Mars that are unlike anything found on Earth. From spider-like ...

The lander, which launched in May 2018, was the first outer space robotic explorer to study the inner space of Mars in depth.

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

But how well do you really know our planetary neighbor? This quiz of 15 questions will test your knowledge of Mars' size, surface and history, as well as scientists' attempts to study it. Remember to ...

The metric system is used by almost every country in the world, making it a universal language of measurement. The United States officially endorsed the metric system in 1975, but implementation has ...

Over twenty-five years ago, our failure to adopt the metric system resulted in the loss of our Mars Climate Orbiter probe ...

In a landmark achievement for Indian space exploration, ISRO’s GSLV-F15 rocket successfully lifted off from the second launch ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

Discoveries of clay minerals in Martian mounds by researchers indicate that Mars once had large bodies of water billions of ...

One of the Red Planet’s features is known as the Martian dichotomy, which describes the sharp contrast between its southern ...