Earth’s neighbor still has secrets that science is trying to figure out, and one of them is potential signs of life.

The solar wind may be stripping away Mars’ atmosphere by creating giant rolling waves along its outer edge. Data from MAVEN ...

TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER, Japan — Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars' moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth, although a rival ...

Rocks normal for Mars contained a gemstone mineral scientists didn't expect to find. (Ollila et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 2026) When NASA's Perseverance rover used its laser to tease apart some pale ...

Curiosity is still going strong on Mars after nearly 15 years, and Perseverance operators say the newer rover is doing great ...

Along with other recent discoveries, the new finding from Perseverance boosts the case that Mars once hosted conditions that could support living things—but it isn’t a definitive sign of ancient organ ...

On Earth, a similar process occurs when wind generates rolling waves and vortices as it sweeps across the surface of water.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has turned up the largest organic molecules ever detected on the surface of Mars, a result that pushes ...

Metal-rich asteroids could one day become hardware stores for Mars, supplying the materials needed to build and repair a ...

TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER, Japan — Japanese scientists are preparing for a mission to Mars’ moons to retrieve samples that may ...