Ancient life on Mars? Perseverance’s “Sapphire Canyon” rock shows organics and mineral rings—our strongest potential ...

Two moons orbit Mars, and one of them may be on a path to extinction. However, will this prediction actually come to pass? Here's more about what's happening.

Curiosity is exploring Mars’ boxwork terrain, where ridges and hollows may have formed from cementation and erosion. The ...

Scientists have finally solved a decades-long mystery about a strange crater deep under the North Sea. The Silverpit Crater, first discovered in 2002, has now been confirmed as the result of a massive ...

Scientists have, for the first time, pinned down exactly when microbes colonized a meteorite impact crater. The team shows ...

NASA’s other rover, Perseverance, landed in the Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, to search for signs of ancient life and collect rock samples for a future return to Earth.

In Jezero Crater’s Bright Angel formation, Perseverance has found rocks rich in organic molecules and minerals linked to ...

NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s ...

A new study has revealed that life not only survives catastrophic meteorite impacts but can actually thrive in the craters ...

After a catastrophic asteroid impact 78 million years ago, life didn't just survive—it thrived, at least according to new ...

Roger Wiens has been a Mars explorer since he was 11 years old. He now leads the SuperCam instrument team on NASA’s Mars ...

Stargazers can tune in to the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube stream beginning at 11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 17 (3:00 GMT Sept.