Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in ...

Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

Gold has long been regarded as one of the most chemically inert elements, a stable constant in both scientific ...

At the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest, one tectonic plate is moving underneath another. New experimental work at UC Davis shows how rocks on faults deep in the Earth can cement ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

This study will describe how international and national planetary protection policy has been formulated and adopted and identify associated lessons to inform future policy development. The National ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These 11-million-year-old glass fragments differ chemically and geographically ...

The Committee on Planetary Protection (CoPP) monitors progress implementing the planetary protection guidelines associated with priority programs and missions identified in the National Academies ...

A study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters has uncovered evidence of an extreme ancient solar storm that struck Earth over 14,000 years ago, during the waning days of the ...

What: A forward-looking SETI Live discussion examining the most significant space science missions, discoveries, and ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...