NASA is celebrating confirmation via data it received from its Perseverance Rover that indicates it has completed the collection of its first rock core sample on Mars. Data was received from the rover ...

A way of measuring well conditions downhole by studying samples of reservoir rocks, core analysis gives the most accurate insight into the porosity and permeability, among other characteristics, of ...

NASA has finally opened one of the last remaining samples from the Apollo 17 mission, the last time humanity set foot on the Moon back in 1972. On Wednesday, the agency announced that sample 73001 was ...

NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth. "I've got it!

NASA has released an image showing that the space agency's Perseverance Mars rover has successfully retrieved its first rock drill sample for return to Earth. Taken by the Mastcam-Z camera on ...

Scientists have drilled 1.7 miles deep into Antarctica, pulling up an ice core sample that dates back at least 1.2 million years. They expect the sample to offer new insights into the evolution of ...

Scientists take core samples from the earth to learn about the past. It works at racetracks, too. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week pulled four cores from the pavement that offer a revealing ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has completed an important part of its historic mission on Mars, by collecting a sample of rock from beneath the surface of the Red Planet in a first for humans. The sample, ...

A long lost piece of England’s Stonehenge monument is helping experts understand the mysterious prehistoric structure. Analysis of a core sample taken from one of the site’s massive slabs suggests ...

The Perseverance rover isn’t letting any Martian dust settle under its wheels. It’s preparing to collect a core sample from another rock on Mars after its first attempt earlier this month amounted to ...