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

“The presence of this mineral puts a lot more nuance on what was going on,” said Mario Parente, an associate professor of ...

Edgar once designed science experiments for astronauts to perform. Now she'll be the astronaut performing them.

Edgar once designed science experiments for astronauts to perform. Now she'll be the astronaut performing them.

Billions of years ago, water flowed across Mars. Most scientists agree the red planet had rivers. But did those rivers flow ...

Two recent studies used seismic data from NASA's retired InSight mission to shed light on what lies beneath Mars’ surface and what that means for the planet’s history ...

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are part of a team that has identified a unique mineral on Mars, described in Nature Communications. Named ferric hydroxysulfate, the mineral ...

If it pans out, it may complicate Elon Musk’s dreams of founding a settlement on the fourth planet from the sun.

A European spacecraft has captured the most detailed images yet of Mars’s upper atmosphere, revealing a delicate, layered ...

Scientists solve a 15-year Mars mystery, confirming ferric hydroxysulfate formed by volcanic and hydrothermal heating across ...

Slices from the edge of Mars reveal a layered atmosphere of delicate complexity. A European spacecraft has captured a ...