Fascinating Geology on Mars: Deep Fractures and Water-Carved Valleys
Mars displays fascinating geology everywhere you look – and nowhere is this more true than in the fractured, wrinkled ground seen in this image from…
Mars News
As humanity’s most promising destination beyond Earth, Mars has become a central focus for space exploration and research. Our Mars category provides the latest news, discoveries, and insights from the red planet, including updates on current and upcoming Mars missions, as well as analysis of the latest data and images returned by Mars rovers, landers, and orbiters. Our coverage spans the breadth of Mars science and technology, including the search for evidence of past and present life, the study of Martian geology and mineralogy, and the development of new technologies for exploring and colonizing the planet. From the latest discoveries of water and organic molecules to the latest advances in Mars habitats and transportation, our Mars category has everything you need to stay informed and engaged in the ongoing quest to unlock the secrets of the red planet. Whether you’re a space enthusiast, a Mars researcher, or just someone fascinated by the mysteries of our neighboring planet, our Mars category has everything you need to stay informed and engaged.
Robotic Exploration of Caves on Mars and Beyond Inspired by Hansel and Gretel’s Breadcrumb Trick
University of Arizona engineers have developed a system that allows autonomous vehicles to scout out underground habitats for astronauts. House hunting on Mars could soon…
“Cosmic Concrete” Made From Extra-Terrestrial Dust Is Twice As Strong as Regular Concrete
Scientists have created a new material, dubbed ‘StarCrete’ which is made from extra-terrestrial dust, potato starch, and a pinch of salt and could be used…
Stunning Discovery: Equatorial Relict Glacier Uncovered on Mars
The preservation of water ice at shallow depths and low latitudes on Mars would have significant implications for both scientific research and human exploration. Scientists…
Odyssey Over? Precarious Fuel Supply of NASA’s Oldest Mars Orbiter
Measuring the fuel supply on Odyssey, a decades-old spacecraft without a fuel gauge, is no easy task. Since NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter…
JPL and the Space Age: The Pathfinders (NASA Documentary) [Video]
It started with JPL agreeing to land something on Mars — cheaply — and do it in a radically different way. This is how the…
Strange Circular Sand Dunes Discovered on Mars by NASA Spacecraft
Sand dunes of many shapes and sizes are common on Mars. In this example, the dunes are almost perfectly circular, which is unusual. They are…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Views First Dazzling “Sun Rays” on Mars
The veteran Martian rover captured a dazzling sunset at the start of a new cloud-imaging campaign. Although Martian sunsets are uniquely moody, NASA’s Curiosity rover…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Enters Third Year in Search for Signs of Life at Jezero Crater
After completing the first sample depot on another world, the rover continues its hunt for Mars rocks worthy of study on Earth. NASA’s Perseverance rover…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Shows Off Collection of Martian Samples in Stunning Panorama
NASA’s Red Planet rover snapped a portrait of the sample depot it has assembled with 10 backup sample tubes that could be returned to Earth…
Scientists Discover Vast Diversity of Organic Compounds in Martian Meteorite
Tissint, a Martian meteorite that plummeted to Earth and crash-landed in Morocco over 11 years ago, is one of only five such meteorites that have…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Surprise Clues to Ancient Water on Mars
Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to be drier….
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Views Rhythmic Rock Layers on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this stunning image of rhythmic rock layers with a repetitive pattern in their spacing and thickness. This rhythmic pattern could…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover: Cloudy Sols Are Here Again
Mars clouds are very much like Earth’s cirrus clouds but thinner. While Earth clouds can contain liquid water, the low temperatures and pressures on Mars…
NASA’s HiRISE Captures a Bear’s Face on Mars – What Is It Really?
This feature on the surface of Mars looks a bit like a bear’s face. What is it really? There’s a hill with a V-shaped collapse…
Could a Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine Power a Trip to Mars? NASA and DARPA Are Testing
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes Mars Sample Depot – Captures Amazing Variety of Martian Geology
Ten sample tubes, capturing an amazing variety of Martian geology, have been deposited on Mars’ surface so they could be studied on Earth in the…
JPL and the Space Age: The Changing Face of Mars (NASA Documentary)
Other than Earth, no planet in the solar system has been so thoroughly or long examined as Mars. For more than two decades now NASA’s…
