In fairness to the Perseverance rover, this is exactly what it was built for. Nicknamed Percy, the machine was sent to Jezero ...

Jezero Crater has become one of the most exciting places in the search for signs of past life on Mars. Since landing in 2021, ...

In a groundbreaking development, Ohio State University has unveiled a new concept for nuclear thermal propulsion that could ...

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Donald Trump is our planet's number one obstacle to following up on NASA's blockbuster findings about life on Mars.

Prize: NASA could offer a prize—say $3 billion to the first company and $1 billion to a second company—for delivering ...

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars may have potentially been ...

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission may get a reprieve from an unexpected source. Lockheed Martin has proposed a streamlined, lower-cost alternative that could slash the mission’s price tag ...

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

Ancient organisms may have left microscopic "biosignatures" on Mars. That's according to NASA scientists, who say a rock ...

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and Nicky Fox, head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, discuss the paper published ...