NASA still views the moon as a stepping stone to Mars, even though Elon Musk has dismissed Earth's nearest neighbor as "a ...

Proponents of going to Mars see peril and opportunity in Elon Musk's close relationship with Trump. Experts say just getting ...

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New research shows that meteoroid impacts on Mars generate seismic signals that travel much deeper than previously thought, ...

Earlier this month, outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other agency officials presented two possible plans for the mission, known as Mars Sample Return, for the incoming administration.

Dr. Pascal Lee is a planetary scientist with the SETI Institute, Mars Institute and NASA Ames Research Center in California.

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact." ...

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports thick aluminum ones covered in cleats to enhance its traction and ...

"Scientists use such images to track the amount of frost that settles on the landforms and then disappears as the weather warms in spring," NASA wrote. During Mars' frigid wintertime, it's so ...