NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Dr. Nicola Fox explains an intriguing rock that the ...

Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according ...

A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

A Mars rover has discovered strange, bleached rocks that suggest Mars may have once been wet and warm. Researchers at Purdue ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

A new study released by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has set the stage for future human ...

A new report said the first astronauts on Mars should have focused on searching for signs of life. It outlined mission goals, research plans, and guidance for future human exploration ...

One mission would involve a full 300 sols on the Red Planet, with the goal of finding extinct or current life on Mars. But ...

Despite being one of the most promising places to explore for signs of life, "special regions" and "uncertain regions" may be ...

New research reveals that ancient Mars once hosted vast river drainage systems comparable in scale to some of Earth’s major ...

"We think these could be evidence of an ancient warmer and wetter climate where there was rain falling for millions of years.