For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is one of only three NASA missions currently in operation around Mars, and one ...

A consortium of American scientists and engineers filed a report that stridently makes the case for putting boots down on ...

MAVEN has circled Mars for more than a decade, exploring the planet and relaying data from robots on the surface.

An unusual new rock collection discovered by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover suggests the Red Planet's ancient past was wet ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...

Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations on Dec. 6.

A new report published Tuesday, titled “A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars,” represents the answer from ...

Recently released images from two orbiters have revealed carbon dioxide ice and dark dust patterns stretching across the ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

Life loves rivers. Here on Earth, large drainage basins cover nearly half of the land surface. On Mars, they cover only about ...

A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...