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A new scientific breakthrough has proven the existence of infrared auroras on Uranus and could help scientists understand the gas planet.

NASA is looking for alternatives for its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission due to the project's exorbitant cost throughout its lifecycle.

NASA's current plan for getting Mars samples collected by the Perseverance rover back to Earth may cost too much to keep on schedule.

I use Moon and Mars rocks in my teaching and have a modest collection of meteorites. I marvel at the fact that I can hold in my hand something that is billions of years old from billions of miles away

Following a report in September, NASA is now looking for alternative ways to pull off the Mars Sample Return mission.

NASAs OSIRIS REx mission cost $1.16 billion for just under 9 ounces of asteroid dust. But its hardly the most expensive material in science. Heres where it ranks.

New data captured by NASA's Curiosity rover shows that Mars once had the "right conditions" to support life.

After a journey of seven years and nearly 4 billion miles, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft landed gently in the Utah desert on the morning of Sept.

The most expensive materials in science include asteroid samples and a synthetic material worth a whopping $4 billion per ounce.

Meteorites can get pricey, but they're not the most expensive material. AP Photo/Thibault CamusAfter a journey of seven years and nearly 4 billion miles, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft landed gently in the Utah desert on the morning of Sept. 24, 2023, with a precious payload. The spacecraft brought back a sample from the asteroid Bennu. OSIRIS-REx collected a sample from the asteroid Bennu. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center via AP Roughly half a pound of material collected from the 85 m...