Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These ...

The Perseverance rover is continuing its mission to find clues about the geological past of Mars. The rover’s main goals are ...

A pull in the right direction ...

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Advances in technology have reopened the debate over terraforming Mars, shifting it from an impossible dream to a long-term scientific and ethical question.

Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests.

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NASA’s Curiosity rover has delivered a rare nighttime glimpse of the Martian surface by illuminating a drill site nicknamed ...

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These are missions only NASA can lead. Everything else should go to partners who can deliver faster and cheaper.

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MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.