Mars is an inhospitable desert planet. Billions of years ago, things were different. In Jezero Crater, for example, fed by a ...

A recent press briefing led by NASA’s interim administrator Sean Duffyhighlighted the excitement around a new rock formation ...

With Elon Musk-esque dreams of promoting the exploration and eventual settlement on Mars, the Cornell Mars Rover project team crafts rovers designed to analyze rocks for signs of life and for ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted an oddball rock in an ancient river channel on Mars. Deputy project scientist Katie ...

As space agencies race to set foot on the Moon, Mars, and elsewhere, a not-so-glamorous problem could be the key to success: ...

The next Mars rover now has a detailed map with which to help find its way around the red planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

For nearly half a century, NASA has been talking an awfully good game about its much-heralded Mars Sample Return (MSR) project. As long ago as 1978, the space agency requested funding to develop a ...

Some bright Martian soil containing lots of sulfur and a trace of water intrigues researchers who are studying information provided by NASA’s Spirit rover. “This material could have been left behind ...

"Mars didn't want to make it easy for anyone to get to the top of this ridge." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's ...