NASA’s Perseverance rover continues collecting and studying Mars samples as uncertainty grows over the future of the Mars Sample Return program.

A metallic-looking rock sitting on the Martian surface has jolted a mission that was already rewriting what we know about the ...

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(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 ...

Recent discoveries from Mars rovers have reignited the debate about the possibility of life on the Red Planet. A groundbreaking find has detected methane beneath the Martian surface, raising questions ...

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Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed on the Red Planet. The U.S. space agency's Perseverance and Curiosity ...

As part of its mission to explore the surface of Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover continues its epic journey beyond Jezero Crater's rim. Recently, the rover captured a remarkable image from the summit ...

This large dust devil in the center consumed a smaller nearby dust devil on Mars in January. Future human visitors to Mars will have to deal with an unfriendly planet. It’s dusty. It’s windy.