The story of humanity’s quest to understand Mars spans six decades. From Mariner 4’s first images to Viking landers searching for life and modern rovers uncovering ancient rivers, every mission has ...

NASA has not reestablished contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter since a planned communications blackout ended Jan. 16.

A routine drive by NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally cracked open a Martian rock, revealing rare yellow sulfur crystals. The strange discovery has scientists questioning how such an unexpected ...

In a single drive, the rover rolled over 411 meters of Mars ' rocky surface. That may not sound like much, but compared to ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has spied a pitted rock face known as "Timboy Chaco" as it explores a region of the Red Planet called Mount Sharp.

The star astrophysicist sat down with Newsweek to discuss Mars missions and what truly drives human discovery.

The Solar System is a weird place filled with incredible physics and geological oddities that often break down in human terms ...

New research suggests Mars may have remained habitable much longer than scientists once thought. Ancient sand dunes in Gale Crater appear to have been soaked by underground water billions of years ago ...

NASA names 2026 RASC AL finalists as university teams present concepts for lunar power, Mars navigation, and sample return systems tied to future exploration missions.

NASA’s Curiosity rover is investigating strange spiderweb-like ridges on Mars that may reveal a hidden chapter of the planet’s watery history. These “boxwork” formations likely formed when groundwater ...

A rugged Martian landscape that resembles a vast spiderweb when seen from orbit is offering new insights into the planet’s ...

Ever lose connection to GPS? Sometimes you're in a tunnel, sometimes your phone is acting up, and sometimes you're a robotic explorer on another planet hundreds of millions of miles away from the ...