It is a scientific consensus that water once flowed on Mars, and that it had a denser atmosphere, meaning that it was once ...

Human crews headed for Mars are still looking at journeys that last most of a year, long enough for radiation, boredom and ...

This temporal lag is a direct consequence of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The rule is simple: the weaker ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

On November 26, 2011, the NASA Curiosity rover launched to Mars. Curiosity was the biggest and most powerful rover anyone had ...

Rather than big bolts of lightning as seen on Earth, NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded audio of small zaps similar to those ...

A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected ...

However, the most interesting equipment to be deployed in the future has to be the robodog. Called the Legged Autonomous ...

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. to deliver an Atlas V rocket for the Mars Science Laboratory mission to carry a large rover to the ...

MSL Mission Will Interact With Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Also Launched on Atlas V Lockheed Martin’sAtlas V rocket has been selected by NASA to launch the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission in ...