A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by NASA ...

In the 2030s, a groundbreaking mission led by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will bring samples of Martian rock and ...

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

The Perseverance rover has found some intriguing samples on the red planet. Here's what they might reveal about the origins ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...

Some of the unusual rocks carry stories about water on Mars. One has hints of long-gone microbes. All tell of a dynamic, complex planet.

The oldest rocks on Earth are more than just ancient—they’re time machines, holding clues to Earth’s missing history and ...