Mars

NASA seeking help to develop a lower-cost Mars Sample Return mission

Responding to an independent review of NASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission, agency officials...

us | 6 months ago

A spacecraft captured images of "spiders" on the surface of Mars. Here's what they really are.

A unique phenomenon that could be mistaken for spiders scuttling across the planet's surface has bee...

world | 5 months ago

Ingenuity, NASA's "little 'copter that could" (and did!)

In 2020, NASA's Perseverance rover launched for Mars with a stowaway: a tiny drone, created by NASA'...

science | 5 months ago

A rare 6-planet alignment will occur next month. Here's what to know.

This year has already amazed skygazers with a rare solar eclipse and a geomagnetic storm that caused...

us | 4 months ago

This morning's "parade of planets" proved "underwhelming." NASA gave a date for an even better and brighter one.

You may have heard about a "parade of planets" that was set to grace the early morning skies on Mond...

world | 4 months ago

NASA's simulated Mars voyage ends after more than a year

Four volunteers have emerged from NASA's simulated Mars environment after more than a year spent on ...

us | 3 months ago