NASA’s Curiosity rover captured this photo as it ascended the Martian mountain Mt. Sharp. A study proposes a new explanation for why Mars is a barren desert today, despite having many similarities to ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has captured a magnificent postcard from the Red Planet — a 360-degree color view that offers a glimpse of the rover's colorful and apparently diverse surroundings.

Ben Tutolo, associate professor in the Department of Earth, Energy and Environment in the Faculty of Science at the University of Calgary, is the lead researcher on a paper about Mars. Tutolo is a ...

— -- NASA is aiming its next Mars rover, a laser-equipped and nuclear-powered lab on wheels, for a Nov. 25 launch. The space agency's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory "Curiosity" rover will ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and steered by scientists at Penn State lays out ...

FILE - This image provided by NASA, shows a selfie of their Perseverance Mars rover, on July 23, 2024. The image is made up of 62 individual images that were stitched together. (NASA via AP, file) ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

Congress has handed NASA a rare reprieve, rejecting deep proposed cuts and approving a budget that keeps much of the agency’s ...