A new map of Mars is altering our perception of the planet's watery past, and indicating potential landing sites for…
The rainbow-colored map, to be released in batches over six months, covers the vast majority of the planet Mars, revealing…
Find Clouds on Mars to Help NASA Scientists By spotting clouds in data collected by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the…
Although the photo above isn't new (it was captured by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), on the Mars Reconnaissance…
China’s Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover touched down on the Martian plain Utopia Planitia on May 14, 2021 after spending…
Caltech researchers used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine that surface water left salt minerals behind as recently as 2…
By combining observations from three international spacecraft at Mars, scientists were able to show that regional dust storms play a…
The descent stage holding NASA’s Perseverance rover can be seen falling through the Martian atmosphere, its parachute trailing behind, in…
Marking its 15th anniversary since launch, one of the oldest spacecraft at the Red Planet has provided glimpses of dust…
Other orbiters will continue relaying data from Mars surface missions for a two-week period. From February 17 to February 29,…
NASA has big plans for returning astronauts to the Moon in 2024, a stepping stone on the path to sending…
Dust storms are common on Mars. But every decade or so, something unpredictable happens: A series of runaway storms breaks…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcMpO4Tn0UE Side-by-side movies shows how dust has enveloped the Red Planet, courtesy of the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) camera onboard…
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018, during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows…
One of the most actively changing areas on Mars are the steep edges of the North Polar layered deposits. This…
Sand dunes often accumulate in the floors of craters. In this region of Lyot Crater, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)…
This HiRISE image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures a new, dated (within about a decade) impact crater that…
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a close-up of a trough, along with channels draining into the depression.…
