It looks like NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has come to a bureaucratic end. The mission was to be the crowning ...

Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project, saying it could ...

For generations, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has captivated humanity. On Mars, faint traces in ancient ...

A Congressional bill restores funding for most NASA space science missions, but there is no money for returning samples ...

NASA canceled its plan to bring samples of rock from Mars back to Earth. The Perseverance rover has been traversing the ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary scientists following proposed cancellation, with concerns raised over Perseverance samples, future Mars missions, and international ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of a rocky area nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” on July 18, 2024, showing black “poppy seed” and larger “leopard spot” features. Researchers say a sample ...

A long time ago, life left microscopic signatures on Mars — or did it? That's the question NASA scientists have worked for years to answer. On Wednesday, NASA researchers said the answer might be in a ...