"The Gale lake environment, as revealed by these ancient rocks, gives us a window into a habitable environment." ...
Potentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into the history of the Red ...
Using meteorites that were long ago chipped off the red planet around 11 million years ago and flung into space to eventually ...
When a meteorite smashed into Mars 11 million years ago, debris landed on Earth as meteorites, giving an unparalleled look at ...
Astronomers have long puzzled over the origins on Phobos and Demos, the red planet's strangely-shaped moons. Now they are ...
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has discovered another intriguing formation on the planet's barren surface. As ...
Perseverance will stay on Mars forever, but the majority of its carefully packaged samples are meant to return to Earth. The ...
Getting humans to Mars has been on the minds of leading scientists and engineers since the '50s, but for one reason or ...
Meteorites from Mars are helping researchers better understand the geology of the Red Planet — and the formation of Earth.
NASA's Perseverance rover has a new Mars buddy after a rock got caught inside one of its wheels. The hitchhiker seems to be ...
In the following excerpt from his book, Shindell looks back at the accomplishments of the past 20 years, when NASA’s plucky ...