Freeze-drying is preferred for sensitive samples because it combines low-temperature processing with gentle water removal.

When astronauts returned from NASA's final Apollo moon mission in 1972, some of the samples they collected were sealed and ...

A world-first study has proven microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme forces of space launch. The study ...

Clinopyroxene and plagioclase of the basalt samples collected by Chang'e-6 Photo: Courtesy of China National Nuclear Corp The ...

According to data from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, the origins of the free-flying photons in the early cosmic ...

The Mars Sample Return mission, one of the most complex and costly space ventures, aims to bring carefully selected rock and ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover may have taken a major step toward settling a question long on humanity’s mind of if life ever ...

It was in the 17th century that Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini first revealed Saturn’s stunning rings, changing the ...

"This is the moment where the metal detector has gone off and you've dug up something shiny. You still need to find out ...

Regardless, unless NASA gets the chance to outfit a similar mission soon, China may well return a Mars sample first, which ...

Tianwen 2 will collect samples and deliver them back to Earth in late 2027, using a reentry capsule. Then the spacecraft will ...