Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last week, the Trump administration released a presidential budget request that would cancel almost all NASA science missions in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University has bestowed the 2024 Herbert Newby McCoy Award to Roger Wiens, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences in the College of Science. The award is ...

Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans to the present day. "The fundamental question of why Mars is red has ...

Researchers have identified specific materials, including certain plastics, rubber, and synthetic fibers, as well as Martian soil (regolith), which would effectively protect astronauts by blocking ...

The latest fungus on Mars research is drawing attention after scientists tested whether certain space resistant microbes could survive conditions similar to space travel and the Martian surface. The ...

NASA’s Perseverance Rover has made a groundbreaking discovery of potential biosignatures in Martian rocks within the Jezero Crater, offering the most convincing evidence yet of past life on Mars.

Dust storms on Mars were first observed by an astronomer using a telescope in 1796, according to NASA — and yet today, the powerful storms that can engulf the entire planet are still a mystery. To ...

A humanoid robot developed by NASA for future Mars missions is set to return to the United States after spending a decade at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Named Valkyrie, the 1.8-metre-tall ...

New research using NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars’ Jezero Crater experienced multiple episodes of fluid activity — each with conditions that could have supported ...