An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

For centuries, the Red Planet’s signature hue has fascinated scientists, but the real reason behind its color may be ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

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The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

Mars just dropped a surprise golden nugget —literally. Curiosity accidentally cracked open an ordinary-looking rock, only to ...

Mars Science Laboratory Our How Things Work feature for November 2011 focuses on the landing of the Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory in August 2012. But that will be just the start of this most ...

Kara Gaiser, a mechanical engineering student at Berkeley from Portland, is researching life support systems on Mars and other locations beyond Earth.

China will select taikonauts for its first-ever manned moon landing mission from the current pool that has participated in ...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is taking over as the CEO of Relativity Space, a 9-year-old rocket startup, a company ...