Curiosity’s Latest Discovery Working with the NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover team, Ben Tutolo, Ph.D., an associate professor with the Department of Earth, Energy and Environment in the ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark speck in this contrast-enhanced view captured on Feb. 28, 2025, by the HiRISE camera ...

NASA has recently shared groundbreaking footage of Mars, offering the clearest images of the red planet ever captured by the ...

Mars is the most similar planet to Earth, but there are no seas and almost no water on its surface – just rock and dust. It’s extremely cold and dry, but not as outright impossible to survive ...

A British-built Mars rover stuck on Earth since the start of the war in Ukraine may soon be on its way after the UK Space Agency agreed to pay for its ride down to the Red Planet. The European ...

A new study has revealed that lichens can withstand the intense ionizing radiation that hits Mars' surface. (The lichen in this photo is Cetraria aculeata.). | Credit: Pensoft Earth-based ...

Researchers use the sophisticated technology on NASA's Perseverance rover to analyze volcanic rocks in Mars' Jezero Crater. Their findings show that some of the same volcanic processes that led to ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has captured a stunning panorama of Gale Crater o Mars before being imaged from orbit by another NASA spacecraft.

Scientists have long puzzled over why Mars, once protected by a global magnetic field like Earth, now shows only a magnetic imprint mostly concentrated in the planet’s southern hemisphere. A new study ...

Satellite data show valley networks on Mars similar to Earth's, especially places like Utah, suggesting formation through flowing water—not just melting ice. Researchers simulated both melting ice ...

Perseverance’s samples are part of a broader campaign to collect Martian rocks and soil that may one day be returned to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis. The rover’s findings not only help build ...