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.

Raw, unfiltered passion, instinctual self-preservation, warrior energy, and an unwavering desire to achieve our goals—these ...

For years, scientists staring at Mars through the eyes of orbiting spacecraft noticed something strange: a mysterious signal ...

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

SpaceX’s Elon Musk says he will rocket Optimus bots on the first Starships sent to Mars, but a leading robotics scholar ...

Among the biggest advances in Martian exploration are the orbiters satellites that circle the planet at various altitudes, capturing priceless images and data. One of the most important is NASA’s Mars ...

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

University of Arkansas researchers have discovered geological formations on Mars that suggest the planet may have once had an ...

The entire progression will be observed by the ESA’s orbiters the Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter as well as ...

Perseverance rover data shows Jezero Crater once held a calm lake, leaving behind mudstones rich in organic-linked minerals.