On Episode 172 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Rick Jenet are joined by Erika Alden DeBenedictis to discuss ...

In 2024, NASA's Mars rover Perseverance collected an unusual rock sample. The rock, named Sapphire Canyon, features white, ...

It’s the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth — a 54-pound (25-kilogram) meteorite that fetched more than $5 million at ...

Delaying Mars Sample Return will make the human exploration of Mars significantly more expensive and dangerous — and for the ...

To transform Mars into a new bioengineered Eden for human colonists, scientists have resurrected sci-fi juggernaut Arthur ...

With just a splash of color, the red planet's horizons can look remarkably like our own – blue skies and all. A 360-degree ...

The new AI tool could help astronauts diagnose and treat medical issues when far from Earth and beyond the reach of doctors.

This new approach, which will mix NASA assets and commercial infrastructure, would gradually replace the patchwork relay ...

With its rust-colored surface, Mars has more than earned its nickname, the Red Planet. But Perseverance has offered a new glimpse.

A Ph.D. student and his supervisor have developed a simple way to test for active life on Mars and other planets using ...