Findings published in the journal Science

The halos were analyzed by the rover’s science payload, including the laser-shooting Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument

Using atom probe tomography, researchers were able to accurately date such events in baddeleyite, a relatively common but small uranium-bearing mineral in planetary igneous rocks

Christopher Edwards, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, along with his students and postdocs, will use this facility to collaborate with scientists from throughout the country, as well as engineers and rover operators at JPL

How are plants grown beyond Earth?

Johns Hopkins doctoral student leads group that wants more inclusive definition of 'planet'

Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and colleagues are using human stem cells to measure the effects of deep space radiation

Berkeley Lab research, shock experiments show how mineral found in Martian meteorites may provide clues to ancient abundance of water

All of these seven planets could have liquid water—key to life as we know it—under the right atmospheric conditions, but the chances are highest with the three in the habitable zone

Despite their numbers, this subatomic torrent is imperceptible and has no known harmful effects on living organisms