Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A chapter of the layered geological history of Mars is laid bare in this image from NASA's ...

When NASA prepared to land a rover on Mars, engineers turned to a design that looked more like a toy than a spacecraft.

Since its touchdown in Jezero Crater in February 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover has steadily explored Martian rocks. From ancient volcanic deposits to layers formed by vanished lakes and river deltas ...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of its 26th collected rock sample, named “Silver Mountain,” using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera, located inside the rover’s underbelly.

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A discovery made by a NASA rover has offered a clue for this mystery, new research said ...

To say that a trip from Earth to Mars is merely a long one would be a massive understatement. On July 30, 2020, when the ...

A depiction of the Perseverance rover with a soft green aurora over head on Mars. NASA's Perseverance rover has captured an aurora in the night sky for the first time from the Martian ground.

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 ...

NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s ...

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