That pivot has sparked a race, with major contenders pitching ways to keep Mars missions online. What’s at stake isn’t a ...

The Mastcam-Z instrument, a pair of zoom-capable cameras on Perseverance's neck-like mast, allows scientists to capture ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has added to its trove of curious finds, as the space agency published a photo of a rock on the surface of Mars that looks like a centuries-old helmet. The rock has a pointed ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says Perseverance's new image is "one of the sharpest panoramas of its mission so far." ...

This is because these objects formed “billions of years ago when liquid water still existed on the Red Planet. Water carried ...

The mineral suggests Mars may have been active for longer than we thought, with potential implications for life on the Red ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped black and white images of a rock on the Martian surface that looks remarkably like a piece ...

As NASA sees change, astronaut and Space Force Brig. Gen. Nick Hague expects the agency to remain laser focused on returning ...

On Aug. 12, 2005, NASA launched its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission. Some of the best cameras ever launched into ...

In 2024, NASA's Mars rover Perseverance collected an unusual rock sample. The rock, named Sapphire Canyon, features white, ...

An alternative trajectory developed for a NASA Mars smallsat mission could enable other missions to go to Mars outside ...

Acheron Fossae is filled with dramatic landscape features — most notably, its namesake fossae, or fault-like channels that ...