NASA's latest update on Perseverance shows how the Mars rover is holding up after five years and what that means for future ...

Turning Martian dust into shelter has long sounded like science fiction, but researchers are now treating it as an ...

Guided by Mars rovers’ data about Martian soil composition, the researchers explored multiple microbial mineralization ...

"There are incredibly tantalizing samples in the Perseverance rover's cache that could revolutionize our understanding of ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

If humans are ever to land on Mars, they will need somewhere to stay—a protective shell that can shield them from the sun’s harsh rays. One possible answer: great, glassy domes of ice. Mars is rich in ...

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have discovered the most promising landing site for humans, aiming to prepare for the ...

The goal should be a new golden rule linking the search for life elsewhere to the spread of life beyond the bounds of Earth.

For astronaut safety and to bolster success of the human exploration to come later, NASA needs an end-to-end demonstration of ...