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A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the ...

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A team of spacecraft will relay Martian rock samples to our planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new video shows how a team ...

A capsule containing precious samples from an asteroid landed safely on Earth on Sunday, the culmination of a roughly 4-billion-mile journey over the past seven years. The asteroid samples were ...

A diagnostic tool, similar in theory to those used to non-invasively image internal organs could be equally effective at “triaging” extraterrestrial rocks and other samples before they are shipped to ...

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NASA's plan to retrieve as many as 30 geological samples from Mars is getting a major rewrite, agency officials said on Monday. The initial plan, which would not return the samples to Earth until 2040 ...