NASA is getting excited about a special rock that its Perseverance rover has just scooped up from the surface of Mars.The ...

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

New research reveals ancient ripples on Mars, providing compelling evidence of long-lost lakes that once existed 3.7 billion ...

American space agency NASA is looking into nickel-titanium as a potential material for future planetary rovers wheels, ...

Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be returned to Earth as soon as 2035 and as late as 2039, depending on the course ...

The adverse environment is challenging for humans to land on and explore. This is where a Mars rover comes in handy. The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the mythological fire deity Zhurong and ...

The northern plains of Mars, marked by thousands of mounds and hills, hold significant evidence of the planet's watery past.

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports thick aluminum ones covered in cleats to enhance its traction and ...

The NASA Perseverance rover has been gathering rocks and dust since it landed on Mars in February 2021 ... the planet’s geological history and the evolution of climate on this barren planet ...

The NASA Mars Sample Return Program plans to bring these samples to Earth (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) The rover has journeyed across more than 20 miles, according to an interactive map that ...