In a single drive, the rover rolled over 411 meters of Mars ' rocky surface. That may not sound like much, but compared to ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally split open a rock on Mars on May 30, 2024, exposing bright yellow crystals that turned out to be pure elemental sulfur, a material never before identified on the ...

This finding by Perseverance…is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy in a statement. “The identification of a potential biosignature on ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has located a fresh crater on Mars after 20 years of monitoring, providing high-resolution ...

Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an ...

A potential new mineral on Mars forms when iron sulfates are heated above 100°C. Data from Valles Marineris regions suggest ...

The discovery comes from analysis of data from Nasa's Insight lander, which took a seismometer to Mars Scientists have discovered a reservoir of liquid water on Mars - deep in the rocky outer crust of ...

New research suggests Mars may have remained habitable much longer than scientists once thought. Ancient sand dunes in Gale Crater appear to have been soaked by underground water billions of years ago ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected electrical sparks within dust devils on Mars for the first time. The rover's SuperCam instrument recorded dozens of audio clips of the discharges, which sound ...