"The Gale lake environment, as revealed by these ancient rocks, gives us a window into a habitable environment." ...
Celestial Mystery Mysteries abound on the planet Mars — from the tantalizing traces of ancient riverbeds on its surface to ...
Many people might think the search for life on Mars ended when NASA's first rovers revealed its barren, inhospitable surface.
Perseverance will stay on Mars forever, but the majority of its carefully packaged samples are meant to return to Earth. The ...
Mar. 13, 2024 — A deeply eroded giant volcano, active from ancient through recent times and with possible remnants of glacier ice near its base, had been hiding near Mars' equator in plain sight.
In the following excerpt from his book, Shindell looks back at the accomplishments of the past 20 years, when NASA’s plucky ...
NASA is actively working to return surface samples from Mars in the next few years, which they hope will help us better ...
Despite a flurry of online reports about a "planetary parade" of six worlds aligning on June 3, only two planets will be ...
Mars, a planet often associated with a lifeless, dusty expanse, holds a puzzling amount of organic matter on its surface.
After quite the aurora experience across Earth this past weekend, beastly sunspot AR3664 could give Mars quite the same solar ...
NASA research suggests RNA enzymes could function in Martian perchlorate brines, hinting at possible life adaptability.
Right now it takes roughly eight months for astronauts to travel from Earth to Mars, but if NASA or any other space agencies ...