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

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.

Fluorescent cave minerals are helping scientists explore how life could survive in harsh places like Europa. Far beneath ...

The rock is believed to have emerged from a larger asteroid that resided in the outer regions of the asteroid belt. "After getting loose, it took two million years to hit the tiny target of Earth, all ...

One of the most studied space rocks of all time has given scientists another big surprise, with the "mudball meteorite" Aguas ...

In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how ...

STEM-ology, a monthly series of themed science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) events for all ages, continues in April at the University of Wyoming, with events including Toddler ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of ...

But Curiosity wasn't the only one with a geological mystery. At the same time, roughly 2,300 miles away on the other side of ...

The Ada Gem, Mineral & Fossil Club is hosting its annual show, swap and sale, this weekend at the Pontotoc County Agri-Plex Bldg #1. Hours are from 8 a.m. to ...

Curiosity rover cracked open a Martian rock, revealing a sight never before seen on Mars - a dazzling display of yellow ...

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...