NASA’s Perseverance rover faced a tense situation on Mars when its drill bit became lodged in a layer of rock, delaying its ...

The hold-down firing of the first stage engines was the final major test of the New Glenn rocket before launch day. Blue ...

One of the best parts about sending rovers like Perseverance to other planets, is sometimes they send back some absolutely ...

For centuries, Mars’ deep ochre glow has been a riddle written across the night sky. Now, a convergence of spacecraft ...

A late-night stream of Mars images has stirred fresh curiosity, uneasy laughter and a rash of wild theories across social ...

Mars’ north polar vortex locks its atmosphere in extreme cold and darkness, freezing out water vapor and triggering a ...

A mudstone sample from Jezero Crater shows textures and minerals that on Earth often form through microbial activity. Scientists caution that nonbiological processes could also explain the features, ...

The rover’s science instruments found that the formation’s sedimentary rocks are composed of clay and silt, which, on Earth, are excellent preservers of past microbial life. The findings were made ...

For the U.S. to win the next space race, we need to deploy sustained power to stay on the moon, or risk ceding space leadership to China.

Samples collected from a rock dubbed “Cheyava Falls” contain a structure that hints at the possibility of having a biological origin, according to the space agency, but more research needs to be ...