NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded sounds from Mars dust devils and revealed tiny electric sparks shaping the planet’s atmosphere.

A former chief historian of NASA reflects on the history and future of Mars exploration Roger D. Launius The original 'Face on Mars' image taken by NASA's Viking 1 orbiter that resembled a human face and sparked controversy next to a later photo ...

Elon Musk has claimed ia million people could be living on Mars in just 20 years in a wild prediction about the future of human civilization. The Space X founder, who has long been vocal about his desire to send people to the Red Planet, believes that ...

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for over a decade. The loss of signal occurred on Dec. 6 as the orbiter passed behind Mars from Earth's perspective. MAVEN's mission is to study Mars' upper atmosphere to ...

Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves that lapped against sandy beaches 3.6 billion years ago, according to new research. China’s Zhurong rover and its ground-penetrating radar detected the ancient shorelines when it operated from May 2021 to May ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) fulfills a vital role in national security: employing the sort of people who would, if they got bored, take over the world. It takes a specific kind of person to run the persnickety gravitational ...

The lumps frozen in Mars' mantle may have been there for billions of years. Astronomers may have figured out where the mysterious blobs embedded in Mars' mantle originated. The mysterious lumps have been preserved beneath a single-plate crust for billions ...

Mercury retrograde tends to get a lot of attention, but an even more impactful planetary backspin comes home for the holidays: Mars retrograde. The Red Planet officially reversed course on Dec. 6, and it’s here to help all zodiac signs reconnect with ...

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