The nation wants to be an important part of humanity's next giant leap. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Iceland is an ...

Robots working together will assist astronauts on rocky worlds like the moon and Mars, if Earth tests like this show it's possible. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Once upon a time, seasons in Gale Crater probably felt something like those in Iceland. But nobody was there to bundle up more than 3 billion years ago. The ancient Martian crater is the focus of a ...

Planetary scientists are turning to Iceland’s geologically young mudrocks to rehearse how they will handle the first drilled cores from Mars, using the island’s volcanic landscapes as a stand-in for ...