NASA's LEXI instrument is set to land on the moon's surface sometime this month. Using X-ray sensors, the device will watch ...
The Lunar PlanetVac is set to land on the moon and suck up soil for NASA during the Blue Ghost mission. It could change how samples are collected on other worlds.
Collecting regolith samples with a blast of gas NASA is sending a "vacuum cleaner" to the Moon as a payload on next week's ...
Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have calculated a new system for measuring lunar time. While not needed ...
Among all the challenges of voyaging to and successfully landing on other worlds, the effective collection and study of soil ...
The ground on Mars is full of nitrogen, a vital component for planet life, raising hopes that it might be more hospitable ...
Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...
NASA has plans to return humans to the moon with the Artemis mission—but Elon Musk’s preference for Mars could have influence ...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is calling for NASA to ditch its Moon program, arguing that the "Moon is a distraction" and that "we're ...
The first full moon of 2025 is nearly here. Dubbed the "wolf moon" for its connection to wolves calling on those long January ...
Learn more about the NASA instrument’s mission to take the first full image of Earth’s magnetic field.