NASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie at a site on Mars where it drilled a sample to search for organic molecules in ...

Curiosity has detected a surprising variety of organic molecules on Mars, including compounds tied to the chemistry of life.

The search for signs of life on Mars continues to yield promising data. A first-of-its-kind wet chemistry experiment, ...

On February 24, 2026, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory fed liquid lithium into a prototype plasma thruster, ...

Finding life on Mars might be closer than we thought. NASA’s Curiosity rover has yielded promising data from the Red Planet, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in ...

Several of the newly identified molecules are considered foundational to life’s chemistry.

NASA’s HiRise camera has been capturing detailed images of Mars for over a decade, revealing the immense scale of Valles Marineris — a canyon stretching over 4,000 km and plunging up to 7 km deep.

Researchers identified a species that can survive radiation, extreme heat and simulated Martian soil, posing a new challenge ...

The mission, called Space Reactor 1 Freedom, will test advanced nuclear electric propulsion. Upon reaching Mars, the spacecraft would deploy helicopters to explore the planet from the air. This ...