The spacecraft offers insights into planetary habitability and atmospheric evolution that are essential for future ...

We've known about wind on Mars for decades, but thanks to new research from a Swiss team, we have a better idea of just how ...

Today, we stand on the brink of a significant breakthrough in our understanding of the Red Planet. A recent study has ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket will launch the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission.

The search for life on Mars dates back about five decades, and a Sept. 10 announcement marks perhaps the most dramatic advancement yet. The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ...

It's time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I am joined by the show's two hosts, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hi, y'all. EMILY KWONG, BYLINE: Hi. REGINA BARBER ...

Highlighting its intent to send humans to Mars, NASA has announced that it will soon be embarking on a year-long simulation of a Mars mission using four research volunteers. Ross Elder, an ...

Musk wants to send the first uncrewed Starship to Mars by the end of 2026, followed by human spaceflights in the years after. The first humans on Mars would be tasked with laying the groundwork to ...

In 1906, the New York Times ran the headline, “There is life on the planet Mars.” It was based on the work of Percival Lowell, a professor who was convinced Mars contained a series of irrigation ...

The boxwork pattern, which looks like a spiderweb from space, offers clues to Mars' watery past. For years, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring the slopes of Mount Sharp inside the Red ...