Japan’s space agency has set October 20, 2026, at 4:41:03 a.m. Japan Standard Time as the launch moment for Martian Moons eXploration, a spacecraft meant to land on Phobos, scoop up material and carry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Propulsion Module (left) and Exploration and Return Modules (right), which together make up Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration ...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of its 26th collected rock sample, named “Silver Mountain,” using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera, located inside the rover’s underbelly.

A long time ago, life left microscopic signatures on Mars — or did it? That's the question NASA scientists have worked for years to answer. On Wednesday, NASA researchers said the answer might be in a ...