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Happy Earth Week! This year, the theme for Earth Week is Water. Let’s take a tour of the solar system and see where else water exists, and why it’s so...

If you are interested in volcanology,  you should check out our newly-released virtual S P Mountain Field Guide. S P Mountain is a textbook example of...

Written by Kenneth Herkenhoff, Research Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center.

Is watching the launch of a Landsat satellite on your bucket-list of things to do? If so, NASA has invited the public to be a virtual guest at the...

Astrogeology has eyes on Mars through Mastcam-Z on Perseverance Rover. The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover arrived on Mars' surface in February 2021...

If all goes according to today’s plan, we should end up about 7 meters from our next drill location. We’ve noticed a change in the texture of the...

The USGS Astrogeology family is grieving the loss of Carolyn Shoemaker, who died on August 13 at the age of 92. Shoemaker was a world-renowned...

Great news! All presentations from the 2021 Planetary Data Workshop and Planetary Science Informatics & Data Analytics meeting are now available to...

The Sol 3216 drive went well, placing the rover in an area of bright bedrock partly covered by dark sand.

When visitors come to the Astrogeology Science Center, Grover the Geologic Rover is often the star attraction. Lunar Roving Vehicles (LRVs) played an...