Spread the loveImagine holding in your hand a piece of Mars, knowing it might contain the fossilized whisper of ancient alien life. Now imagine that treasure, collected with painstaking effort and ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has revealed a spectacular new view of mysterious, wind-carved cliffs on Mars that may hold evidence ...

Japan launched the $578M MMX spacecraft toward Mars on Tuesday to collect samples from its moon Phobos, aiming to return to ...

Japanese space agency JAXA has successfully launched a mission to visit the moons of Mars — and bring a sample back to Earth.

Japan has launched a mission to explore Mars’ moons and bring back samples by 2031, revealing clues about their origins and ...

After decades of setbacks, Japan is assembling the technology, partnerships and patience required for a return to the Red Planet, and for a role in the next era of planetary exploration. The first ...

A band of wind-carved cliffs stretches roughly 10 miles (16 kilometers) across the northwestern reaches of Mount Sharp on ...

NASA is teaming up with Japan for a historic mission to Mars’ most mysterious moons and hoping to bring a piece of one of ...

NASA lost contact with its Maven spacecraft – the youngest of its Mars orbiters – at the end of 2025. The others in its fleet ...

Engineers have demonstrated a hybrid probe that drills and melts ice simultaneously, proving the slushing concept across ...