Curiosity has detected a surprising variety of organic molecules on Mars, including compounds tied to the chemistry of life.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery inGale Crater on Mars, uncovering the highest concentrations of ...

Scientists edge closer to answering Mars’ biggest question: Did life ever exist on the red planet? Here's the latest from two ...

Image Credit: jurvetson - CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia. SpaceX founder Elon Musk just said the company is stepping back from its previously touted plan to send humans to Mars in the near term in favor of ...

The idea of humans living on Mars is closer to reality than it’s ever been. On Feb. 13, Elon Musk’s SpaceX ferried an international crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station, another ...

Acoustic signals have been important markers during NASA's Mars missions. Measurements of sound can provide information both about Mars itself—such as turbulence in its atmosphere, changes in its ...

In early 2026, a photo circulated online that claimed to authentically show a blue sunset on Mars. The earliest version of ...

NASA has lost contact with one of its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars orbiter is perilously close to running out of fuel, and the third mission ...

Scientists have found that ancient Martian lakes could have survived for decades despite freezing air temperatures. Using a newly adapted climate model, researchers showed that thin, seasonal ice ...

A “selfie” taken by the Perseverance Mars rover as it examines Cheyava Falls, an arrowhead-shaped rock in the center that contains potential biosignatures of past Martian life. Credit: ...