One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were carved by rivers, so it was once warm enough for liquid water. How—and ...

Since 2021, NASA 's Perseverance rover has explored Jezero crater, a 28-mile-wide basin on Mars where rivers once fed a lake.

Scientists have found that the reality on the ground is much different from what was spotted by the orbiters.

During a recent trip to NASA Glenn Research Center, Dr. Fox sat down with News 5 to talk about NASA's plans to build a lunar base, what it takes for humans to make it to Mars, plus life beyond earth.

A 25-year-old Philadelphia woman won the $300,000 first prize in a NASA competition to design food systems to improve how astronauts eat in space, and eventually how they will eat on Mars, the space ...

Learn more about the Perseverance Rover as it traverses the Martian landscape looking for signs of extinct life.

The scientists were especially intrigued by strong signals of carbonate minerals detected by Mars orbiters. On Earth, carbonates frequently form in shallow ocean and lake environments capable of ...

Uncrewed vehicles like the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers (as well as orbiters) have for years captured stunning photos of Mars. Here are the latest.

A veteran spacecraft has sniffed the Martian atmosphere for the last time. More than a decade after the MAVEN orbiter arrived at Mars and six months after it unexpectedly went quiet, NASA has ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has landed a $700 million NASA contract that could play a major role in the future of Mars exploration. The company will develop a new telecommunications orbiter capable of ...

We’ve yet to find any definitive evidence that there’s biological life on present-day Mars, but to say it’s a dead planet isn’t exactly accurate. Since the first Viking ...

After nearly 20 years of operations, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is on a roll, performing a new maneuver to squeeze even more science out of the busy spacecraft as it circles the Red ...