That pivot has sparked a race, with major contenders pitching ways to keep Mars missions online. What’s at stake isn’t a ...

The Mastcam-Z instrument, a pair of zoom-capable cameras on Perseverance's neck-like mast, allows scientists to capture ...

The mineral suggests Mars may have been active for longer than we thought, with potential implications for life on the Red ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says Perseverance's new image is "one of the sharpest panoramas of its mission so far." ...

As NASA sees change, astronaut and Space Force Brig. Gen. Nick Hague expects the agency to remain laser focused on returning ...

This is because these objects formed “billions of years ago when liquid water still existed on the Red Planet. Water carried ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped black and white images of a rock on the Martian surface that looks remarkably like a piece ...

On Aug. 12, 2005, NASA launched its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission. Some of the best cameras ever launched into ...

A Ph.D. student and his supervisor have developed a simple way to test for active life on Mars and other planets using ...

An alternative trajectory developed for a NASA Mars smallsat mission could enable other missions to go to Mars outside ...

In 2024, NASA's Mars rover Perseverance collected an unusual rock sample. The rock, named Sapphire Canyon, features white, ...

Acheron Fossae is filled with dramatic landscape features — most notably, its namesake fossae, or fault-like channels that ...