Thousands of federal workers responsible for helping manage millions of acres of public land across the country are being ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

Meet Grace, the brave hopper robot that’s designed to jump into the darkest depths of the Moon, providing never-before-seen ...

Though many believe it deserves national park status, this volcanic landscape in Idaho is "just" a national monument and ...

The Western New York Land Conservancy has created yet another nature preserve on Grand Island. With the newly named 38.3-acre Jim and Edna Braddell Preserve, the nonprofit land trust says they ...

Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 miles) each, with depths of 2.7 km ...

Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...

Unlike more frequented parks, this one provides a playground for the senses, where alabaster sand caresses your feet as you ...

Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...

Two gargantuan canyons on the moon were carved by a hailstorm of rocks — and that’s good news for future lunar astronauts.

In partnership with NASA, the Intuitive Machines lander Athena will send a water-seeking drill, a pogo-sticking crater probe ...

Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...