The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above some clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano ...

NASA’s car-sized Perseverance rover has been roaming the surface of Mars for four years, drilling into the alien soil to ...

President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request, if approved by Congress, would kill many of NASA’s plans for robotic ...

Jared Isaacman may no longer have a shot at leading NASA, but that doesn't mean the billionaire and private astronaut is done ...

Mars has captivated humanity’s imagination for centuries, and NASA’s numerous missions to the Red Planet have uncovered ...

A fiery explosion of a SpaceX rocket has raised doubts over owner Elon Musk’s ambitious goal of reaching Mars by 2026. On ...