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

JPL Scientist Katie Stack Morgan joins the KTLA Weekend Morning News to tell us all about the latest discovery from the Mars 20220 Perseverance Rover! For more info, go to JPL.NASA.GOV. This segment ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...

Mars, for all its flaws — and there are many, including radiation, dust storms, and unbreathable air — is the only planet in our solar system that’s a candidate for settlement. Its day and night cycle ...

NPR's Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about an innovation in plastic recycling, the link between smartphones and hemorrhoids and what Mars' structure and ice cream have in common.

For decades, scientists have theorized about how Mars reached its current state. Many believe that the Red Planet's surface may have once been covered in rivers and oceans. But, if that's really the ...

Finding life beyond Earth would be a major scientific discovery with significant implications for all areas of science and human thought. Yet, only one direct search for extraterrestrial life has ever ...