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

During a tumultuous period for our planet around 466 million years ago, Earth was pelted with meteorites and rocked by ...

Before they take the long journey to another planet, humans will have to find the right place to land. New findings from a ...

Thick clay deposits on Mars hint at long-lived lakes that may have sheltered early life - and preserved clues beneath layers ...

For over four billion years, the Moon has been orbiting Earth — but where did it come from? The Moon has been a constant ...

Kirby Runyon, a Ph.D. alumnus from Johns Hopkins University in planetary geology, is a passionate advocate for making space exploration an immersive experience for all.

Richard Jakiel fell in love with outer space as a kid, and his enthusiasm never waned. Now 67, the Lithia Springs man, who has taught astronomy in Cobb County high schools and at universities, plans ...

NASA images reveal shallow ice beneath Mars’s surface, offering a promising water source for future astronauts and clues to ...

While the scientific fields of planetary geology and archaeology don’t initially seem like a natural pairing, their unique methodological and technological overlap provides scientists with a better ...

Because of Earth’s ability to frequently purge or bury its surface through erosion, eruptions and plate tectonics, impact craters are often difficult to identify. Uisdean Nicholson, a geologist ...

“They landed in a staccato fashion, bang-bang-bang-bang-bang,” says planetary geologist David Kring of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, who reports the finding February 4 in ...

One of those scientists was John Grant, a planetary geologist at the National Air and Space Museum. His goal? To find evidence of conditions that could have supported life on Mars. “It seems that all ...