After nearly 20 years of operations, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is on a roll, performing a new maneuver to ...

NASA’s Mars Orbiter is rolling 120° to help see beneath the surface - and it’s revealing clearer signs of ice, rock, and ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

NASA is preparing for severe cuts under the White House’s proposed budget for 2026. The budget, released in May, highlights ...

In a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists say mineral-rich layers of clay on Mars were once ideal ...

China’s ambitions have surged since May 2021, when its Tianwen-1 mission made it the second nation after the U.S. to land on Mars. The Zhurong rover explored Utopia Planitia, paving the way for bigger ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...

Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when word of a ...