Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.

The way this document is written suggests that when NASA scores bidders for the Mars Telecommunications Network, the addition ...

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two ...

A storm from the Sun can make a planet’s sky glow or a spacecraft’s computer stumble. At Mars in May 2024, it did both, just without the auroras people photographed on Earth.

NASA's Curiosity rover just found bizarre nodules on giant Martian "spiderwebs." Scientists are puzzled.

A new technology lets NASA’s Mars rover pinpoint its position within inches, drive farther on its own, and speed up exploration.

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected electrical sparks within dust devils on Mars for the first time. The rover's SuperCam instrument recorded dozens of audio clips of the discharges, which sound ...

A potential new mineral on Mars forms when iron sulfates are heated above 100°C. Data from Valles Marineris regions suggest ...

While sifting through the extensive data collected by NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft over the last decade, scientists discovered a familiar type of electromagnetic ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.