Beautifully captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this image shows interstellar gas and dust lit up by a dead ...

To shield astronauts from dangerous space radiation, researchers are developing 3D-printed hydrogels—materials that absorb ...

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Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert, with patches of subterranean ice and ice caps at its poles. Billions of years ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic evolution and ... New Paper Examines the ...

A crater on Mars has a bright patch of ice. It's the second time in over a decade that the crater and ice has been observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona ...

Jupiter and Mars are high overhead, and they’re both bright enough to stand out. Jupiter looks like the second brightest star and it’s almost straight overhead. Mars is high in the eastern sky and ...

Perseverance's drives over the last few weeks have doubled back several times. Why such an unconventional route? Team ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

NASA researchers have identified geological structures on Mars that are unlike anything found on Earth. From spider-like ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...