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

A comet traveling outside the solar system and heading toward the Earth is much larger than scientists first believed, a ...

Ross Elder will lead a year-long mission in Houston, which will test him and his team in Martian-like conditions.

Astronomers are tracking a newly discovered interstellar visitor called 3I/ATLAS, and early research suggests it may be ...

What innovative rovers can be developed to advance Mars surface exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

Musk’s goal for his Mars colonization program “is to become a space-faring civilization and a multi-planet species,” as an ...

The recent finding by NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars—a possible sign of ancient microbial life in the rock nicknamed ...

Perseverance represents more than a machine. It is a proxy extending humanity’s senses across millions of miles to an alien ...

As a backlash builds in Congress to SpaceX delays with its Starship lunar lander, a top Mars scholar is calling for Elon Musk ...

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed by pleas ...

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed ...

NASA canceled the VIPER rover mission to the moon last year, citing cost overruns. But the space agency has announced a plan to revive it.