A Mars rover expected lake mud at Jezero Crater's rim but found volcanic rock that had encountered water three separate times ...

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.

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

NASA has plans to send astronauts to Mars surprisingly soon, but their exact timeline is still rather vague for a number 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.

NASA's Perseverance rover found igneous rocks in Jezero Crater, revealing Mars' water history. Rocks show signs of water ...

Winners were announced on Thursday for a NASA competition on feeding future astronauts on Mars. NASA received 113 entries ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eligible bidders needed prior NASA funding for a Mars Sample Return study and a proposal featuring a separately launched ...