If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

NASA’s Curiosity rover is set to embark on an exciting new mission to explore an intriguing Martian feature called Volcán ...

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

The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.

At CU Boulder, federal funding also supports research projects like the Dust Accelerator Laboratory that helps us understand ...

As the administration slashes spending on science, NASA is running low on new missions.

An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...

A new study has found thick layers of clay found on Mars could have provided the required mix of water, minerals and a calm environment for life to develop. Scientists from The University of Texas at ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...