What turns an oddly patterned Martian rock into one of the most watched clues in planetary science? For NASA’s Perseverance ...

When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...

NASA is running a new scientific study on the International Space Station (ISS) to understand how certain fermented foods and useful nutrients behave .

NASA has launched hundreds of missions, but a small number genuinely reshaped how we understand space. These missions did more than reach distant places. They gave scientists entirely new ways to ...