Understanding the similarities and differences of the deserts on Earth and Mars will help space travelers survive future ...

Despite being known as the Red Planet, Mars shows off its swirling yellows, oranges and browns in a new satellite photo from ...

Dust storms are frequent, and some can encircle the entire planet. Understanding aeolian bedforms will help scientists know where to put bases so they don't get buried by moving sand.

Scientists developed living materials that turn Martian dust into structures using synthetic lichens. This innovation enables ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has learned to pull off daring 120-degree rolls that give its SHARAD radar ...

Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a scoopula. Then we drove ...

The Spirit rover, one of NASA’s most resilient explorers, embarked on its Martian journey in 2004, tasked with uncovering the mysteries of the Red Planet. Originally intended to last just 90 days, ...

NASA’s Mars Orbiter is rolling 120° to help see beneath the surface - and it’s revealing clearer signs of ice, rock, and ...

The NASA-funded system can form building materials with no outside intervention, which could lead to 3D printing in space.

Landing on Mars once felt like a distant dream. Now, space agencies have sent rovers and landers to explore the Red Planet ...

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...