Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery have been named among the best inventions of the past quarter-century – at least, according to Time magazine. The media company recently assembled a list of ...

"Mars’ wind has often carved odd shapes into the surface through a combination of physical and chemical weathering processes.

NASA's Curiosity rover has encountered patches of sharp “gator-back” rocks causing mission planners to look for a new route ...

The cone-shaped object was photographed by a Mars rover in August 2022 ...

A small, cone-shaped object photographed on the surface of Mars has ignited a public dispute between a prominent Harvard ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Harvard astrophysicist and NASA are locked in a public disagreement over a small, shiny object photographed on the Martian surface. The dispute hinges on whether the object is human-made debris or ...

This low-angle self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called “Buckskin” on lower Mount Sharp.

This artist concept features NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars past or present ability to sustain microbial life. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

For about six months, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy ...