NASA’s humanoid robot Valkyrie is heading back to the United States after spending a decade at the University of Edinburgh in ...

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

Instead, robotic missions including Perseverance have long depended on onboard sensors and cameras, imagery from orb ...

NASA’s Opportunity rover was designed for a 90-day mission, but it ended up exploring Mars for 15 years. During that time it ...

NASA has provided new details about its plans to procure a Mars communications orbiter funded under last year’s budget ...

The way this document is written suggests that when NASA scores bidders for the Mars Telecommunications Network, the addition ...

NASA's Curiosity rover just found bizarre nodules on giant Martian "spiderwebs." Scientists are puzzled.

A storm from the Sun can make a planet’s sky glow or a spacecraft’s computer stumble. At Mars in May 2024, it did both, just without the auroras people photographed on Earth.

While sifting through the extensive data collected by NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft over the last decade, scientists discovered a familiar type of electromagnetic ...

For nearly a month, NASA has been scrambling to make contact with a spacecraft in orbit around Mars that abruptly fell silent. The space agency lost communication with the MAVEN probe (short for Mars ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.