Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered tiny mineral nodules on Mars that suggest groundwater persisted on the planet much longer than previously believed, expanding the window during which microbial ...

Strange spiderweb-like ridges on Mars may reveal groundwater lasted longer than scientists thought.

Spiderweb-shaped rock patterns on Mars may rewrite the timeline of when water disappeared from the Red Planet.

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

While sifting through the extensive data collected by NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft over the last decade, scientists discovered a familiar type of electromagnetic ...

The way this document is written suggests that when NASA scores bidders for the Mars Telecommunications Network, the addition ...

A new technology lets NASA’s Mars rover pinpoint its position within inches, drive farther on its own, and speed up exploration.

NASA’s long record of Martian exploration has trained the public to expect a steady stream of images and data from the Red Planet, not sudden silence. So when a veteran orbiter that had just helped ...

Sifting through 180,000 observations, the team found a single event. We may have detected a whistler wave on the Red Planet.

NASA's Perseverance rover can now pinpoint its exact location on Mars without help from Earth, paving the way for longer, ...