Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery, including a rover that launched from Florida, have been named among Time's best ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover made an intriguing discovery on Mars, adding another layer to our understanding of the planet’s ...

Dust devils on Mars form when air near the warm surface heats up and rises through cooler surrounding air, causing nearby air ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed on the Red Planet. The U.S. space agency's Perseverance and Curiosity ...

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.

Dust devils on Mars generate tiny electrical sparks. This could help explain how the Red Planet’s atmosphere and surface are shaped.

On August 8, 2025, NASA's Curiosity rover found itself at the intersection of three ridges found on the Martian landscape. This "peace sign" shape, as called by NASA engineers, is part of a larger ...

NASA's Martian explorer Curiosity has found yet another mystery on the rocky road towards Mars' boxwork region. Aliens aren't terraforming Mars, but one of NASA's rovers just found something with a ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover discovered unusual bleached rocks in Mars’ Jezero Crater that indicate the planet once had a warm, wet climate. Purdue University researchers analyzed the rock fragments and ...

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...

The Perseverance Mars rover captures a super rare phenomenon for the first time caused by dust devils on the surface of the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) NASA’s search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists published a paper detailing the Perseverance rover’s ...