Perseverance just stumbled upon one of Mars’ weirdest rocks yet—a formation covered in dark, spherical shapes with mysterious ...

The Astrogeology Science Center, which has helped astronauts and robots reach other worlds safely, is facing a substantial ...

In a nutshell Liquid water existed on Mars far more recently than expected: A precise new analysis of the Lafayette meteorite ...

SETI Institute In the News This month at the SETI Institute brought exciting news about research and innovations that expand our understanding of the universe and bring us closer to answering one of ...

Mars Express has revealed the dynamic landscape of Mars, showcasing both rugged terrain and smoother, younger plains on the ...

A collaborative research team has improved visual localization and topographic mapping techniques that enable China's Zhurong ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Mars may be hiding a vast stash of water beneath the Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF) near its equator. This ice-rich deposit could be the largest known water reservoir in this part of Mars, with an ...

The efforts made by humans to learn as much as possible about Mars are numerous, and NASA has an indispensable ally on the red planet. This is the Curiosity rover, which roams daily on Mars to ...

The alkane molecules are significant in the search for biosignatures on Mars, but how they actually formed remains unclear. They could also be derived through geological or other chemical mechanisms ...

This map shows the approximate path Perseverance ... reveal complex interactions between water, rock and geologic forces on Mars, which can help answer whether the planet could have harbored ...

On March 11, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious rock made of hundreds of tiny spheres that resemble spider eggs. Studying its formation could help us look for fossilized remains ...