A fleet of ball-shaped rovers could drift across the Martian surface like tumbleweed, driven simply by the wind.

What innovative rovers can be developed to advance Mars surface exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

Imagine exploring Mars not with a handful of expensive, heavy rovers, but with swarms of lightweight, wind-driven spheres ...

A swarm of spherical rovers, blown by the wind like tumbleweeds, could enable large-scale and low-cost exploration of the ...

Plus: Why are hurricanes so powerful? Are winds on other planets like they are on Earth? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has captured a striking new image of massive, wind-carved sand formations known as "megaripples" during its latest exploration stop on the Red Planet.

Mars is a planet of extremes—towering volcanoes, vast canyons, and colossal dust storms that can wrap the planet in a reddish haze for weeks. But high above its rusty terrain, something far more ...

Scientists can now predict Mars' green auroras - glowing signs of solar storms - which could protect future astronauts on the ...

On the Red Planet, aurorae glow green because the charged particles collide with oxygen atoms high above Mars. They may be bright enough that astronauts on Mars could spot them with their naked eye.

The Curiosity Rover from NASA has shared multiple videos from Mars‘ surface that put a spotlight on how remarkable the red planet’s night sky looks. The six-wheeled robot has been rolling along on ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has captured a striking new image of massive, wind-carved sand formations known as "megaripples" during its latest exploration stop on the Red Planet. "On Mars, the past is ...