NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently came across an odd rock, dubbed "Phippsaksla," that is unlike anything else the robot has found on the Red Planet. It turns out that it probably isn't from our ...

Though seemingly an ordinary space rock, this rock, named Phippsaksla, belongs to some other planet in the solar system. Or ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced Friday that the company's massive Starship rocket is set to depart for Mars at the end of 2026, carrying Tesla's humanoid robot, Optimus. In a post on X, he added ...

Scientists from the LASSIE project with their quadruped robot at White Sands National Park, New Mexico in August. The quadruped robot was able to scout and train autonomously. The work is part of NASA ...

Researchers are closer to equipping a dog-like robot to conduct science on the surface of Mars after five days of experiments this month at White Sands National Park in New Mexico. The national park ...

TL;DR: SpaceX plans to launch a humanoid robot to Mars next year, with the goal of landing humans on the planet by 2029 at the earliest, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. SpaceX is nearing its goal ...

A bee-like robot currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is part of a new generation of bots inspired by creepy crawlies. The machine, which weighs less than a ...

LOS ANGELES — Like a miner prospecting for gold, NASA hopes its latest robot to Mars hits pay dirt when it lands Sunday near the red planet’s north pole to conduct a 90-day digging mission. The ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Valkyrie robot could one day take over Mars. But what about Earth? Well, we're safe for a while, at least. Four sister robots ...

An enormous canyon stretches across Mars: Valles Marineris is 3,000 kilometres long, 600 kilometres wide and on average eight kilometres deep. Its Latin name goes back to the Mars orbiter "Mariner", ...