Mars has a clear structure in its mantel, and its crust includes distinct reservoirs, scientists have said.Those are the ...
Meteorites from Mars are helping researchers better understand the geology of the Red Planet — and the formation of Earth.
They are also two of the strangest moons in the Solar System. For a start, they are tiny compared to their host-Phobos is ...
Using meteorites that were long ago chipped off the red planet around 11 million years ago and flung into space to eventually ...
In the early morning hours of June 3, six planets, including Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Neptune and Saturn will ...
Perseverance will stay on Mars forever, but the majority of its carefully packaged samples are meant to return to Earth. The ...
Mar. 13, 2024 — A deeply eroded giant volcano, active from ancient through recent times and with possible remnants of glacier ice near its base, had been hiding near Mars' equator in plain sight.
NASA is actively working to return surface samples from Mars in the next few years, which they hope will help us better ...
Universe Today has had the privilege of spending the last several months venturing into a multitude of scientific disciplines ...
Stereo imaging will be an important tool on NEAR for geologic analysis of Eros, because it provides three-dimensional information on the asteroid's landforms and structures. This anaglyph can be ...
The giant impact that formed the Moon may also have led to extrastrong mantle plumes that enabled the first subduction event, ...
The robotic Chang'e 6 launched on May 3 and entered lunar orbit about five days later. James Head, of the Department of Earth ...