We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. But fiction is getting closer to ...

Mars's atmosphere and climate are impacted by interactions with solar wind, a stream of plasma comprised of protons and ...

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

Beans are forbidden in Texas chili, but apparently not on the Martian surface. NASA recently released an overhead view of what appears to be massive kidney beans found on Mars' northern hemisphere. In ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...

NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...

Jupiter's Great Red Spot storm, which usually appears dark-red, can be seen shining a lurid blue color in an ultraviolet ...

NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.

Researchers at NASA Langley are developing a next-gen system called MARVL (Modular Assembled Radiators for Nuclear Electric ...

NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...

NASA has announced two new approaches to the Mars sample return mission that could save billions of dollars and at least a year in the timeline.