After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...

NASA's Perseverance collects the “Silver Mountain” sample in Jezero, revealing geological secrets and possible traces of ...

The story of VIPER, with its twists and turns, proves the wisdom of NASA’s turn to the commercial sector for partnerships ...

NASA’s Opportunity Rover survived years on Mars, but a massive dust storm may have finally ended its mission. With solar panels covered in dust and communication lost, scientists wait to see if the ...

Red-and-green-tinted clouds drift through the Martian sky in a new set of images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover using its ...

The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says.

The Sun sets differently on Mars. Part of that is due to its ... And last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured both noctilucent and shimmering cloud formations during a Martian sunset.

At the surface, Mars is a desolate, barren world with a rocky landscape, massive dust storms and extreme temperature swings.

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the ...

BEHIND THAT MARKER IN EXETER LEARN MORE. EVERY YEAR WE ARE GETTING A LOOK AT THE RECENT WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MARS. NASA’S CURIOSITY ROVER SENT BACK THESE IMGES OF CLOUDS ON THE MARTIAN SURFACE.