Planetary scientists recently simulated an alternate version of our solar system: one with a super-Earth causing climate ...

The essential ingredient for life, water, appeared on both planets around 4.4 billion years ago, new research indicates.

"The emerging picture is that early Mars and Earth had something in common – both were wet. It is known from analysis of the ...

A zircon crystal from a Martian meteorite unlocks secrets of a water-rich, dynamic Mars 4.45 billion years ago.

Instruments like the those currently on the Red Planet were used to study samples collected from an 'Mars-like' area in Chile ...

Deep beneath Greenland's ice, NASA radar happened upon Camp Century, a long-lost Cold War base now buried under 100 feet of ...

Computer simulations suggest that Mars' puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created when a large asteroid wandered dangerously close to the Red Planet.

Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes his research into extremophiles in the Atacama could help NASA re-assess its search for ...

One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites that can be traced directly to Mars. This meteorite ... Oct. 11, 2024 — A collection-based survey ...

Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes called Earth's twin based on their similar size and rocky composition.

By the end of this year, NASA may have a new plan in place for returning samples from Mars. The agency announced in October that it had convened an outside panel of experts to review a dozen ...