Ancient Mars is starting to look less like a scattered patchwork of dried-up valleys and more like a planet once ruled by continent-scale rivers. For the first time, scientists have traced giant ...

With a new imaging spectrometer from NASA, mineral deposits in the ground can be identified from an aircraft. The sensor is housed in an airplane.

Rare earth minerals have become the backbone of modern technology, fueling everything from smartphones and electric vehicles to advanced military systems. As nations race to secure these vital ...

Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth’s surface some ...

Reservoirs of hydrogen gas that form naturally in Earth's crust could help humans decarbonize. The challenge now is finding ...