NASA has quietly crossed a threshold on Mars: its flagship rover is no longer just following orders, it is choosing its own ...

China's Zhurong rover, part of the 2021 Tianwen-1 mission, has found the first clear signs of ancient beach deposits under ...

(THE CONVERSATION) NASA’s search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists published a paper detailing the Perseverance rover’s ...

American space agency NASA said the Perseverance rover is good to go on Mars until at least 2031, both hardware and software ...

It's been decades since humanity's first wheeled vehicle landed on the surface of another world, and you would have thought we've gotten the proper hang of how to design such things and their ...

"Having the dust devil in the background makes it a classic — this is a great shot." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's ...

"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Today, Mars is a chilly ...

New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the rover's ...

On Sept. 30, NASA's Perseverance rover turned its eyes toward the sky and photographed a solar eclipse from Mars, capturing the tiny moon Phobos crossing the sun's face. When you purchase through ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected electrical sparks within dust devils on Mars for the first time. The rover's SuperCam instrument recorded dozens of audio clips of the discharges, which sound ...