Mars rocks await a ride to Earth — can NASA deliver?

Nature, Published online: 03 April 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00927-z

The stakes are high as the agency contemplates the technological and financial hurdles ahead for its sample-return mission.

Biden calls for boosts in science spending to keep US competitive

Nature, Published online: 09 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00740-8

US president takes aim at China with proposal to invest big in manufacturing and clean energy.

Ocean-drilling ship that revolutionized Earth science due to retire

Nature, Published online: 07 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00690-1

Researchers will not be able to work aboard the JOIDES Resolution after next year.

Asteroid lost 1 million kilograms after collision with DART spacecraft

Nature, Published online: 01 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00601-4

Studies reveal final moments before NASA probe crashed into an asteroid.

How NASA’s breakthrough ‘class of ’78’ changed the face of space travel

Nature, Published online: 13 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00401-w

The inclusion of women and people of colour in NASA’s astronaut cadet programme was unprecedented — and met sometimes fierce resistance.

Will an AI be the first to discover alien life?

Nature, Published online: 30 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00258-z

SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, is deploying machine-learning algorithms that filter out Earthly interference and spot signals humans might miss.

Has Earth’s inner core stopped its strange spin?

Nature, Published online: 23 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00167-1

Earthquake data hint that the inner core stopped rotating faster than the rest of the planet in 2009, but not all researchers agree.