New images from the Mars Express orbiter reveal evidence of a past ice age at Mars's mid-latitudes and shine light on the ...

Among the field of intriguing blue boulders stood out a speckled, light-colored boulder, now nicknamed "Atoko Point," after a more than 8,000-foot-tall cliff elevation in the Grand Canyon. The space ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover, which has been on Mars since February 2021, recently found a light-colored boulder on the surface of Mount Washburn, a hill inside Jezero Crater. Measuring 18 by 14 inches ...

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NASA's troubled efforts to get prized Martian samples to Earth could get a lifeline, if a new proposal for a more cost-effective mission architecture gets the go-ahead. The Perseverance rover landed ...

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Earlier this month, outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other agency officials presented two possible plans for the mission, known as Mars Sample Return, for the incoming administration. Once ...

Mars, known as the red planet, might have gotten its hue from a different mineral than scientists once thought. ESA & MPS for OSIRIS Team - MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / RSSD / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA, 2007 ...

The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs. NASA's troubled efforts to get prized Martian samples to Earth could get a ...