What turns an oddly patterned Martian rock into one of the most watched clues in planetary science? For NASA’s Perseverance ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.

You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your TV screen and wondering: Could something have lived there once? Now, after ...

NASA has given its Perseverance Mars rover a powerful new ability to determine its exact location on the Red Planet without ...

Strange spiderweb-like ridges on Mars may reveal groundwater lasted longer than scientists thought.

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

NASA has quietly crossed a threshold on Mars: its flagship rover is no longer just following orders, it is choosing its own path across the planet. The Perseverance rover now uses advanced onboard ...

NASA's Curiosity rover discovered strange mineral nodules on massive spiderweb formations on Mars.

Scientists now have proof that Mars' dusty storms can generate mini lightning, putting to rest decades of speculation. Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the ...

Explore how Mars rover AutoNav and TRN lunar landing technologies advance autonomous spacecraft navigation, enabling self-guided, human-free space missions across Mars, the Moon, and beyond.

When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good idea of where to look.

Mars, with its rust-hued surface, is known as the red planet for a reason. Along the way, Curiosity has made some extraordinary finds and captured some stunning vistas. The latest came in November ...