The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa2 mission has released its first batch of scientific results on…
Nearly 25 years ago, the Pathfinder spacecraft explored a suspected floodplain on Mars. Unbeknownst to NASA at the…
Sadly, David Bowie was wrong about spiders on Mars, despite this exciting new image of what appears to a gigantic blue…
A team of scientists just demonstrated something that might shock you: Mercury, not Venus, is the closest planet to…
During the Apollo missions, NASA smartly set aside some lunar materials knowing future scientists would likely be…
An encouraging new video released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows Hayabusa2 briefly touching down on…
The drilling instrument on NASA’s Insight was put through its first test last week, but the inaugural digging session…
Just months after discovering FarOut, the most distant known object in the Solar System, the same team of astronomers…
Scientists report finding evidence for an ancient planet-wide groundwater system on Mars, according to a new study. The…
By using the barren Atacama Desert in Chile as a stand-in for Mars, researchers have shown that it’s possible to use an…
Dramatic dried-up river channels over a mile wide and 650 feet deep have been detected on Mars, showcasing how the Red P…
Instruments aboard NASA’s InSight lander are now gathering meteorological data from the Martian surface, allowing for…
As we remember the now-officially-dead Opportunity rover this week, one fact keeps sticking out to me: That machine…
NASA has officially called an end to the historic Opportunity rover mission, ending a spectacular, 14-year adventure on…
The twisting terrain of Vera Rubin Ridge on Mars has been home to NASA’s Curiosity for over a year, but it’s time for…
The appearance of a massive white cap on Uranus may seem alarming, but as planetary scientists are learning, this is…
A pair of small satellites that joined the InSight mission on its way to Mars haven’t been heard from in over a…
A dome placed over InSight’s seismometer will now protect the sensitive device from Martian wind and extreme…
It’s Super Bowl Sunday! There will be drinking (if you partake)! And wings (also if you partake)! And fervid screaming…
Scientists working with the Curiosity rover used a piece of its navigation equipment—an accelerometer like the one in…
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