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.

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

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

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

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

Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...

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

Beginning in March, all Tufts students and faculty gained free access to every Harvard museum through a program offered by ...