NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

The US is granting $10 billion (8.5 billion) for Moon missions that go against what SpaceX boss Elon Musk hopes to see from ...

In 2025, space exploration enters a new era with missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, led by NASA, ISRO, ESA, JAXA, and ...

NASA was to supply some critical technologies for the mission, which Europe may not be able to readily replace.

The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...

Lockheed Martin, a US-based defence contractor has offered to complete the Mars Sample Return mission with a firm, fixed-price offer of US $3 billion, which is less than half of the current estimate ...

Found in the Sahara Desert, the space rocks contain some materials we haven’t detected on Mercury, but we’re not ruling it ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe has commenced its decade-long deep space mission, capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...