Lower launch costs have made a Mars mission feasible—but political infighting now threatens SpaceX’s critical role. In a ...

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once ...

A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that high-energy particles from space, known as cosmic rays, could create the energy ...

Cosmic rays from deep space might be the secret energy source that allows life to exist underground on Mars and icy moons like Enceladus and Europa. New research reveals that when these rays interact ...

Can you teach an old Mars rover new tricks? NASA says the answer is a resounding “yes.” Following its landing on Mars 13 ...

Long before the Curiosity rover set robotic wheels on Mars, two landers touched down. NASA's Viking Project, as well as ...

Martian glaciers are mostly pure ice across the Red Planet, suggesting they might potentially be useful resources for any ...

Research into brines suggests that frost-covered regions are the most promising candidates for future Martian habitability and astrobiological exploration. Because of the harsh, cold, and extremely ...

Donald Trump plans to scrap Nasa's Mars Sample Return mission – stranding test tubes on the Red Planet and ceding potentially ...

Located at an altitude of 4.3 kilometres above sea level, Himalayan Outpost for Planetary Exploration (HOPE) is designed to ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting environments for long stretches in the ancient past, a new study suggests.

The environment of Mars' early days, some 3.7 to 4.1 billion years ago, was likely favorable to allowing life to thrive — specifically, simple microbial organisms that ate up hydrogen and carbon ...