Get ready to explore the Red Planet — our dusty, windswept neighbor that's captured human imagination for centuries. Mars is ...

While initial studies and reports indicated that glaciers on Mars were composed mainly of rock and dust, recent planetary ...

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Perseverance is exploring Mars’ sandy ripples, strange frozen waves that could reveal how wind still shapes the planet. Along ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter revealed craters so unusual that scientists are questioning how they formed. Their ...

For years, a razor-thin dip in Mars’s reflected sunlight stumped planetary scientists. It kept showing up in data from a NASA ...

Mars, once thought too cold and dry for liquid water, may briefly host salty brines twice a day during certain seasons. These ...

Oregon State University researchers tested a quadruped robot at White Sands National Park, showing it can scout terrain and ...

The United States space agency has pioneered planetary science technologies as the world's leader in climate research for ...

As a planetary geologist who works with NASA missions to study Mars, I follow exploration science and policy closely. In 2010, the U.S. National Space Policy set goals for human missions to Mars ...

“And today we're in a golden age of Mars science, with two plutonium-powered rovers on the surface and an international fleet of spacecraft in orbit that allow us to deeply explore the planet for ...