A strange formation spotted deep within a massive Martian canyon is once again fueling debate over whether something more ...

Using ground-penetrating radar, NASA's Perseverance rover has detected underground remains of an ancient river delta on Mars ...

The Perseverance rover has found tiny crystals that seem to be rubies or sapphires inside pebbles on Mars, where they have ...

By plying its ground-penetrating radar in the depths of Mars’s Jezero Crater, this rover has found even older deltas buried beneath those seen on the surface from space ...

Evidence of alien life or cosmic pyramid scheme? A documentary filmmaker sparked a discussion of advanced Martian ...

A rugged Martian landscape that resembles a vast spiderweb when seen from orbit is offering new insights into the planet’s ...

NASA’s “Curiosity” Mars rover has now captured photos of Martian rock formations resembling spiderwebs. Before you think of intergalactic spiderlike creatures, the geological frameworks, called ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of boxwork formations—the low ridges seen here with hollows in between them—using its Mastcam on Sept. 26, 2025, the 4,671st Martian day (sol) of the ...

Elon Musk has long had a passion for Mars. The moon? It's a diversion. But that plan has now shifted. SpaceX will “prioritize going to the moon first,” said The Wall Street Journal. Just last year, ...

SpaceX is putting its longstanding focus of sending humans to Mars on the back burner to prioritize establishing a settlement on the moon, founder Elon Musk said Sunday. The South Africa-born ...

The length of a night on Mars isn’t too different from here on Earth, lasting just over 12 hours on average. Thanks to its similar axial tilt, it also experiences longer nights in winter and shorter ...

Decades of exploration have transformed our understanding of Mars, from Viking landers to the rovers Perseverance and Curiosity. Orbiters like NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured breathtaking ...