"If there is a space race, China's already winning it, and could win it dramatically in the next few decades." ...

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has collected its 24th sample of Jezero Crater. The 'Comet Geyser' sample is "great for ...

On Sept. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union's Luna 16 moon probe landed on the moon to retrieve a soil sample. Four days later, it ...

The potential “biosignature” isn’t direct evidence of life itself, but rather a leftover sign that textural features on the ...

Ispace of Japan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ElevationSpace to develop a private lunar sample return ...

On Wednesday, NASA researchers said the answer might be in a rock sample that “contains potential biosignatures.” NASA and the European Space Agency are gearing up to bring home a pristine sample of ...

Precious moon samples brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 mission in 2020 have finally been shared with international researchers — but the law has made it difficult for U.S.-based scientists ...

Prize: NASA could offer a prize—say $3 billion to the first company and $1 billion to a second company—for delivering ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a clear panorama of Mars' Gale Crater in August, during the Martian winter when dust levels ...

One of the studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows that ice inside the parent asteroid melted and reacted with dust, forming the minerals that now make up about 80% of Bennu. Certain ...