The tests also revealed that the ditches only develop on dunes with very fine, evenly sized sand grains. Coarser or more jagged material prevents the burrowing motion, which could explain why the ...

In a Martian valley carved by ancient rivers, a four-pound helicopter sat in silence, its blades half-buried in red dust.

"The morale has been as low as anyone has seen in decades, maybe ever." The post NASA Guts Workforce at Lab Responsible for ...

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red ...

Ancient Martian life might be preserved in ice for millions of years, new research suggests. Experiments show pure ice acts ...

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator ...

NASA has announced that a sample collected on Mars by its Perseverance rover may contain evidence of ancient microbial life Perseverance took the sample from a rock named Cheyava Falls in a dry ...

NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates are already making history. The 2025 class includes the first person to join the astronaut ...

NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s ...

But speaking specifically, the organization’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) division just downlinked 15 terabits ...

Edgar once designed science experiments for astronauts to perform. Now she'll be the astronaut performing them.

The former NASA astronaut and the agency’s 14th administrator says it’s not a matter of if we go to the Red Planet — but when ...