Rocks that stood out as light-colored dots on the reddish-orange surface of Mars now are the latest evidence that areas of the small planet may have once supported wet oases with humid climates and ...

A machine-learning-enhanced approach to chemical analysis is drastically expanding the chemical record of life on Earth, and it could help us find evidence of life on other planets too. Reading time 3 ...

In Jezero Crater’s Bright Angel formation, Perseverance has found rocks rich in organic molecules and minerals linked to microbial metabolism. Their arrangement hints at redox reactions that resemble ...

Rocks in Australia preserve evidence that plates in Earth’s crust were moving 3.5 billion years ago, a finding that pushes back the beginnings of plate tectonics by hundreds of millions of years.

China achieved a historic feat by bringing back the first-ever sample from the lunar far side in June. Its moon lander, Chang'e 6, used a robotic scoop and drill to collect approximately 5 pounds (2 ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found possible signs of ancient life in rocks on Mars, keeping scientists up at night. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on July 23, 2024. To the left of the ...