Red Planet

Amid ongoing efforts to find signs of life on Mars, NASA's upcoming mission to collect samples from the planet is on track to wrapping up in the early 2020s. Yet, a scientist has put forward a thought-provoking idea that...

Evidence of possible past extraterrestrial life on Mars has emerged from the discovery of ancient mud cracks in the shape of polygons scattered across its surface. In 2021, NASA's Curiosity rover took pictures of unusual polygonal shapes on the slopes...

New recordings from Mars have delivered the most accurate measurement yet of how fast the red planet spins. The results have left scientists puzzled as mars keeps spinning faster. Using data gathered by the now-retired InSight lander, researchers have discovered...

NASA's Perseverance rover has made a significant discovery in Mars' Jezero Crater. It has found a variety of organic matter, which consists mainly of carbon and hydrogen, along with other elements such as oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. Organic molecules...

NASA has launched an important and groundbreaking Mars simulator mission that will span a remarkable 378 days. This mission involves a team of four dedicated individuals who will be confined within a simulated version of the planet Mars. The...

New evidence from China’s Zhurong rover suggests that liquid water could have been present on Mars much more recently than previously thought, possibly just 400,000 years ago. This water may have existed as snow on the planet’s sandy dunes,...

NASA has set up a new office called the Moon to Mars Program Office. This office will be located at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Its job is to make sure that NASA's human exploration missions to the Moon and...

The lander and rover of China's Tianwen-1 mission landed on Mars on Saturday.