A metallic-looking rock sitting on the Martian surface has jolted a mission that was already rewriting what we know about the ...

Located just about 30 miles east of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, this geological wonderland somehow remains one of the ...

Built to last, NASA’s Perseverance rover continues its long journey across Mars, collecting samples and revealing the ...

Just before my group of four young astronauts with major, personal conflicts of interest blast off to the red planet, I'm assured by our team leader that, while some corners had to be cut to get our ...

For decades, scientists have imagined Martian life as something that might look faintly familiar, perhaps microbes not so ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered towering sand formations on Mars that defy scientific expectations. The discovery suggests powerful winds once shaped the planet, challenging beliefs that Mars ...

Mars at sunset reveals dozens of razor-thin atmospheric layers in stunning detail, helping scientists map dust and ice ...

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 ...

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations ...

NASA has lost contact with one of its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars orbiter is perilously close to running out of fuel, and the third mission ...

New research has mapped 16 extensive, interlaced river systems on Mars, dating back approximately 3.7 billion years to the Early Hesperian Period. These large river systems, despite covering only ...