What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, where magma moves, evolves, and changes over long periods of time. To fully ...

NASA's Perseverance rover discovered rocks on Mars, providing new evidence the red planet was once a wet, habitable world ...

Leading US scientists and engineers have published a 200-page report, "A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars," arguing for investing resources in visiting our most promising neighbor ...

Mars' strange gullies are not carved by water as once thought. New research shows sand and seasonal carbon dioxide ice are ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to feed hundreds of lakes. Water is ubiquitous on Earth—about 70% of Earth's ...

The Perseverance rover is continuing its mission to find clues about the geological past of Mars. The rover’s main goals are ...

Over recent decades, Mars has emerged as a natural laboratory for studying planetary evolution, geomorphology and the interplay between geology and hydrology. In‐situ observations and advanced remote ...

(Phys.org) —NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used autonomous navigation for the first time, a capability that lets the rover decide for itself how to drive safely on Mars.

NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a coral-shaped rock on Mars. Though not alive, its shape reveals clues about the planet’s geology. Small discoveries like this help scientists decode Mars’ ancient past ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies the highest priority science objectives for the first human mission to Mars, and says searching ...