A rock from Mars sat in the sands of the Sahara, untouched and unnoticed, until a meteorite hunter picked it up in Agadez, ...

Visible on the planet itself is a dark patch near the top, marking the frigid northern polar cap, where temperatures dip to ...

A rare Martian meteorite, NWA 16254, is providing scientists with a groundbreaking look into Mars’ volcanic past. This ...

The largest Mars rock ever found on Earth, NWA 16788, just sold for $5.3 million at a Sotheby's auction to an unnamed bidder.

Auction house Sotheby's just auctioned off the largest known Mars meteorite, realizing a record price that shattered ...

A rare Martian meteorite has revealed complex volcanic processes and mantle heterogeneity on Mars, offering new clues to the planet’s magmatic evolution and thermal history. In a groundbreaking ...

With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.

Volcanoes are rumbling as scientists monitor earthquakes at Washington's Mount Rainier and Alaska's Iliamna volcano.