Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

On Earth, these kinds of markings are usually linked to microbial life. Could this be true for Mars?

NASA wants to send an ambitious fleet of helicopters to soar through Martian skies—but scientists fear the endeavor could ...

Scott Solomon is an evolutionary biologist. We spoke to him about what our descendants in future settlements on the Red ...

Making Mars Earthlike is not impossible in principle, but the scale of mass, heat, oxygen, and energy required makes it far beyond current capability.

A group of planetary scientists and geologists has discovered a new type of rock containing the mineral garnet inside a ...

Mars may have hosted life billions of years ago, a possibility that has long intrigued scientists. Now, new evidence suggests the planet was habitable for even longer than previously thought, due to ...

Over more than a decade at Mars, the orbiter revealed how the solar wind strips away the planet’s atmosphere — and why the ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were carved by rivers, so it was once warm enough for liquid water. How—and ...

After more than 70 successful flights, a broken rotor ended the remarkable and groundbreaking Ingenuity helicopter mission on Mars. Now, NASA is considering how a larger, more capable helicopter could ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...