Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

A single metallic boulder sitting in an ancient Martian riverbed is forcing scientists to rethink what they thought they knew ...

This summer, scientists spotted an incredibly rare visitor to Earth’s solar system—a comet, now known as 3I/ATLAS, that entered our solar system from the galaxy beyond and is zipping past the sun at a ...

Earth and Mars were formed from material that largely originated in the inner Solar System; only a few percent of the building blocks of these two planets originated beyond Jupiter’s orbit. A group of ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a significant discovery on Mars: a meteorite, which could provide vital clues about the ...

A study indicates there are seasonal energy imbalances in the amount of solar energy absorbed and released by Mars which is a likely cause of dust storms and could play an important role in ...

The spacecraft landed in 2019 to study the deep interior of the planet. NASA is being forced to end its Mars lander mission early because of dust. Officials announced Tuesday the InSight spacecraft is ...

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